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Re:CCP publication calls Tibet policy a template for other e... by dang on Thursday August 26, 2021 @03:38PM (#28319573)
Please don't break the site guidelines like this. The boring null hypothesis—that people simply have different backgrounds and views on a large internet forum—is more than enough to explain what goes on in these threads. Cheaply labelling others "bots" because you have a different background and view from them is poison to community and therefore not allowed here.

As the guidelines say, if you're worried about abuse, you should be emailing us so we can look into it.

Here are hundreds of past explanations going back many years:

https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

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Re:CCP publication calls Tibet policy a template for other e... by dang on Thursday August 26, 2021 @08:12PM (#28322702)
It's normal for HN comments to get downvoted when they tediously repeat flamewar talking points which everyone has heard many times. This is not a site for nationalistic flamewar, ideological flamewar, or any other flamewar. Downvotes are an inevitable and appropriate response. The idea that it must be spies, foreign agents, bots, shills, astroturfers, or who knows what else is a fantasy people invent for themselves, no doubt because it's dramatic and gives one the frisson of being up against baddies. It's as puerile as it is repetitive.

I've explained all this countless times and have spent god knows how many hours poring over the data on all this. If you or anyone wants to read more, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27398725. There's plenty more at https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... if you scroll back to find them. Ditto at https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme....

Bottom line: the evidence could not be clearer, no matter how strongly internet warriors feel urges to project sinister fantasies onto their tribal enemies. That's against the site guidelines for good reason, well established over many years, so please stop.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html