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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by hyperbovine on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @08:30PM (#22176240)
Having high internet points makes you marginally more able to inject whatever hustle you've got going on into the conversation at some future date. Just a guess.
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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by generatorguy on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @09:28PM (#22176628)
Could be a bot that copies high point top level comments on threads about the same URL from reddit to HN and vice versa in order to create accounts with high karma for future sock puppeting?
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