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Re:CIA ‘Siren Servers’ can predict social uprisings 3-5 days... by eveningcoffee on Saturday October 08, 2016 @01:09PM (#12667671)
Sure it is and without sarcasm. Even when you do not post anything here then reading what is posted influences you toward certain target. Perhaps you get more interested in Javascript for example or most probably, startups.

The question is not in this. The question is in the scale of the operation and actual spread of the influence.

Re:CIA ‘Siren Servers’ can predict social uprisings 3-5 days... by witty_username on Sunday October 09, 2016 @12:17AM (#12669874)
HN is big and people spend a decent amount of time on it.
Re:CIA ‘Siren Servers’ can predict social uprisings 3-5 days... by eveningcoffee on Sunday October 09, 2016 @02:58PM (#12672760)
Still it is minuscule compared to some real large scale operations.