Re:How To Go Viral By Using Fake Reddit Likes
by philh on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @11:56AM
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> I think we all remember that 6 month period where Microsoft decided to shove VSCode down every ones throat.
Not me. I don't remember hearing about VSCode until a few months back. I had no idea it was first released two years ago.
Maybe I just wasn't reading the right places. But I subscribe to /r/programming, and I think I would expect that to get hit, if they're going to be astroturfing on reddit?
I'm not saying this definitely didn't happen, but I'm skeptical.
Re:How To Go Viral By Using Fake Reddit Likes
by ascorbic on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @10:24AM
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I saw loads of accusations of that, but very little evidence to suggest that these were shills, rather than real people who like VS Code. We all get very passionate about our editors, and lots of people use and like VS Code so it's not surprising people comment about it when the discussion is about editors. I like VS Code. I can't remember if I've ever commented to this effect. I'm not a MS shill.
Re:How To Go Viral By Using Fake Reddit Likes
by TheRealDunkirk on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @09:41AM
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I once implied that Microsoft was targeting HN as part of that astroturfing campaign, and was threatened with banination.
Re:How To Go Viral By Using Fake Reddit Likes
by hellbanner on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @10:18AM
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On Reddit?
I think we all remember that 6 month period where Microsoft decided to shove VSCode down every ones throat. It was impossible to get away from. New vim released? "Yeah vim is good but now I use VSCode TM". New sublime? New Atom? Same thing. They were aggressive with that one.