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Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web (2017) by ahelwer on Thursday May 28, 2020 @11:36AM (#23338528)
I can confirm I've personally been asked to post things on HN because I have an old account and so it would look more organic (I did not, not saying who asked because I'm not interested in starting a brouhaha).
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Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web (2017) by ZephyrP on Thursday May 28, 2020 @12:08PM (#23338935)
my account is a year older than yours and I've never been asked by shadowy interest groups to astroturf, do you have any tips to improve my account's brand appeal?
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Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web (2017) by ahelwer on Thursday May 28, 2020 @12:11PM (#23338964)
Probably a combination of chance, ease of contact, and working for a large tech company thus signaling general obedience. It's not like it happens all the time, only happened once.
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Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web (2017) by throwaway_pdp09 on Thursday May 28, 2020 @12:14PM (#23339008)
I presume you notified DanG. What did he say/do?
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