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Re:US citizens warned they face arbitrary arrest in China by yongjik on Sunday July 12, 2020 @02:27PM (#23813513)
Well I'm no HN admin, but from my own experience, a comment can switch between grey/black with only a few votes. You are basically saying that a controversial comment gets upvotes, downvotes, and then upvotes. A pro-China commenter would see the exact same data as you see, and claim this is an evidence of anti-Chinese brigading ("hammer").

* While I was writing this my original comment score went from 1 to 2 to 0, which kinda proves my point...

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Re:US citizens warned they face arbitrary arrest in China by fermienrico on Sunday July 12, 2020 @02:36PM (#23813601)
I see, if there is benevolent behavior, I think that's fine.

What I am concerned about is a coordinated astroturfing that is perhaps state sponsored to change the western narrative. That's pretty fricking scary and should be investigated if that's the case.

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