Re:Show HN: I wrote a book on web application deployment
by __blockcipher__ on Monday December 13, 2021 @03:46PM
(#29544425)
Not sure if you saw it but another user pointed out that there's already a section in the guidelines about it:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29542871
> Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email [email protected] and we'll look at the data.
That guideline makes sense to me. I was previously unaware of it [the guideline] but the justification is sound, doubly so because it turned out the comments were genuine* :) My apologies.
* Albeit at least one user presumably found the post via Twitter from following the author which is a little bit of a grey area
Re:Show HN: I wrote a book on web application deployment
by d4mi3n on Monday December 13, 2021 @05:03PM
(#29545264)
I was unaware of it as well, thanks for calling it out. I don't think you were wrong to call out your suspicions, I was just unaware of what controls or processes were in place (if any) to prevent the need for users to police stuff.
Re:Show HN: I wrote a book on web application deployment
by abrookewood on Monday December 13, 2021 @07:22PM
(#29546594)
I don't think it's fragile, but astroturfing is a serious problem for any popular platform. I actually appreciate the time that end-users take to check for inappropriate behaviour.
Could any mods comment on this? _Should_ we be keeping an eye out and calling out odd activity? It'd be nice to avoid posts like __blockcipher__'s; while well intentioned I could see such commentary having a chilling effect on discourse.