Re:Windows 7 computers are automatically starting the Windo...
by dang on Tuesday March 15, 2016 @02:47AM
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> people here commenting very strongly in favour of Microsoft, which I find very surprising. Perhaps people from MS trying to do damage control
I realize you didn't mean to, but this triggered a whole off-topic discussion about imaginary astroturfing, vote-brigading, and shilling.
When we see evidence of these behaviors we crack down on them hard. But people are far too ready (by at least an order of magnitude, probably two) to impute this behavior to others merely because they have an opposing opinion. That's not evidence, and the discussion should never go there on that (non-)basis.
All: if you suspect astroturfing in HN threads, please let us know at [email protected] so we can investigate, and please don't go on about it in the threads unless there's real evidence. An opposing opinion is not evidence!
I realize you didn't mean to, but this triggered a whole off-topic discussion about imaginary astroturfing, vote-brigading, and shilling.
When we see evidence of these behaviors we crack down on them hard. But people are far too ready (by at least an order of magnitude, probably two) to impute this behavior to others merely because they have an opposing opinion. That's not evidence, and the discussion should never go there on that (non-)basis.
All: if you suspect astroturfing in HN threads, please let us know at [email protected] so we can investigate, and please don't go on about it in the threads unless there's real evidence. An opposing opinion is not evidence!