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Re:Facebook reverses on paid influencers after Bloomberg memes by troughway on Friday February 14, 2020 @06:39PM (#22331573)
Underrated post. This should be the thinking process whether it’s a candidate (or news) we like or don’t.

Sadly HN for all its intellectual brow beating is just as susceptible to basic psychological manipulation as everyone else.

Re:Facebook reverses on paid influencers after Bloomberg memes by dang on Saturday February 15, 2020 @07:31PM (#22339032)
Basic psychological manipulation, if it works, works because of human nature. I try not to lose sleep over aspects of HN that are true of humans in general.