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The astroturfing on this article is incredible: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=dreamdweller https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=dreamdweller http

by biot 13y ago

The astroturfing on this article is incredible: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=dreamdweller https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=dreamdweller https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=banpei https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=banpei https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=dramatise https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=dramatise https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=kc99 https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=kc99 https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=conn23 https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=conn23 https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=Darkpandemic https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=Darkpandemic https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=SanktKlaus https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=SanktKlaus https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=freemefromthis https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=freemefromthis https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=SimonJester89 https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=SimonJester89 It's possible that this one article caused all the above users to sign up at the same time just to add their one and only HN comment. Occam's razor suggests a different conclusion, however.

erikb 13y ago
Not trying to defend anybody but it is really likely that people just learn to know about HN through linking this page in a facebook status update, which is what they did. And Occam actually would support this, considering it's a much simpler solution than people going about creating accounts, logging in and out of them, to fake positive feedback on a website that matters for technical discussion but not much for marketing value (outside the US).
- biot 13y ago
  That's a valid point, but even still if the link was shared on Facebook then why wouldn't those people comment on Facebook instead of going to the trouble of signing up for some site they've never been to and don't plan to participate in? Unless they were asked to sign up and add a comment of support, which isn't much better.

by biot 13y ago

erikb 13y ago

Not trying to defend anybody but it is really likely that people just learn to know about HN through linking this page in a facebook status update, which is what they did. And Occam actually would support this, considering it's a much simpler solution than people going about creating accounts, logging in and out of them, to fake positive feedback on a website that matters for technical discussion but not much for marketing value (outside the US).

biot 13y ago
That's a valid point, but even still if the link was shared on Facebook then why wouldn't those people comment on Facebook instead of going to the trouble of signing up for some site they've never been to and don't plan to participate in? Unless they were asked to sign up and add a comment of support, which isn't much better.