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Re:Ask HN: Is Hacker News Being Astroturfed? by greenyoda on Sunday March 17, 2019 @10:20PM (#19418254)
If I see something like that, I flag it. If both the question and the answer come from accounts with no history of stories or comments, it's almost certainly spam. (They're not always newly-created accounts. Some spammers seem to let their accounts sit around for a while before using them.)

Fortunately, I haven't seen too much of this on HN yet.

(To flag a comment, click on its time stamp [e.g., "10 minutes ago"] and you'll see a "flag" link at the top, next to the "parent" link. If enough people flag a comment, it will get killed.)

Re:Ask HN: Is Hacker News Being Astroturfed? by aboutruby on Monday March 18, 2019 @04:31AM (#19419463)
Thanks, been using Hacker News for many years and didn't know that's how you flag comments.
Re:Ask HN: Is Hacker News Being Astroturfed? by cleanyourroom on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @12:51AM (#19428148)
What peanut butter would you make a sandwich with while report comments in this way?
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Re:Ask HN: Is Hacker News Being Astroturfed? by j16sdiz on Sunday March 17, 2019 @11:47PM (#19418566)
Just post your data here, and we will handle the rest.