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Re:The FTC Sues to Break Up Amazon over an Economy-Wide “Hid... by bbor on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @07:33PM (#37773131)
I LOVE that link, but I think serious accusations like that need better justification/explanation.

Are you saying that Amazon is buying upvotes for comments they like, or that that comment was written by a shill? The former is very possible but hard to prove either way, but the latter seems really unreasonable. In this example, it's a poster that's been here since 2017, talking about things like startup culture, Covid-19, and investment banking. They even say they're ex-AWS in their HN bio, which would be a very unconventional move for an Amazon-corporate-operated fake account.

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Re:The FTC Sues to Break Up Amazon over an Economy-Wide “Hid... by danielmarkbruce on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @07:39PM (#37773177)
Almost every claim of astroturfing is from someone who doesn't understand the basic argument opposing their position.
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Re:The FTC Sues to Break Up Amazon over an Economy-Wide “Hid... by marcod on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @09:03PM (#37773738)
Unless it's Amazon reviews, where almost every glowing 5 star review is paid for.
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Re:The FTC Sues to Break Up Amazon over an Economy-Wide “Hid... by therealdrag0 on Friday October 06, 2023 @11:06PM (#37798680)
Based on what? You’ve never given a 5 star review? I sure have and I’m sure many many other people have too.
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