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The number of fake/new accounts created to comment on this post is incredibly disturbing.
by calvin 17y ago
The number of fake/new accounts created to comment on this post is incredibly disturbing.
- dugmartin 17y agoYeah, kinda skeezy.
- many 17y agoHey, I'm a real live schizophrenic and I've been hear 18 months. The site is rad, but I'm a dues-paying subscriber on last.fm. My critique of this site rests about the exclusivity of demographic. Does anyone outside of 18-24yr-olds show up on the radar?
- vaksel 17y agothe easier it is to create an account, the more astroturfing will happen.
- boggles 17y agoWhat a great word. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing "Astroturfing is a word in English describing formal political, advertising, or public relations campaigns seeking to create the impression of being spontaneous "grassroots" behavior, hence the reference to the artificial grass, AstroTurf."
- raquo 17y agoI don't see how it benefits the submission though when it's so evident. I personally didn't even follow the link because of these spamlike comments.
- jasonlbaptiste 17y agoI'm glad that we a) have a community that is smart enough to pick up on this and fast (doesn't take rocket science) b) actually cares about pointing it out. People always ask me why HN hasn't gone to shit and I point to comments like this. ++community
- byoung2 17y agoMaybe there should be a Karma threshold on commenting on "Rate My Startup" posts
- matclayton 17y agoThat's my fault, can assure you none of them are fake, lot of them are new though. Tweeted the link out, and our followers seem a little excited to help out today, a few probably just signed up. Mat