I'd never heard of astroturfing, but it looks intruguing. Definitely suspicious.

They have 300 times and 1000 times the reputation you have. Maybe dail down the paranoia.

That doesn't mean anything lol. I have over 100k karma on Reddit, and I’ve rented the account several times for various astroturfing posts for small startups. You’d be surprised how common that is. (I'm not proud of that, it was 6+ years ago. I wouldn't do it today)

This is for a simple card game man. Recommending board games is part of the culture of the hobby. It ain’t that deep

(don't feed the trolls)

7thaccount is a great HN user. I don't believe they're astroturfing. I do believe you meant this sincerely though.

Would you say you would definitely recommend 7thaccount to other HN users?

Not sure I'm interpreting your question correctly.

(i think they're jokingly implying you're continuing with the astro-turfing thing, i.e. "Ten out of ten HN mods recommend 7thaccount!" :D )

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Sorry. I just reread the comment I made and yeah that looks like some product placement or fake Amazon review.

I can assure you it's coincidental. I posted about a game I recently discovered and then have been super stoked by people leaving their knowledge of similar games that I'm now also excited to give a go. I've recently got into card games and domino games with the kid (a few board games too) and it's all a blast. One of my favorite aspects of HN (have been on here for about a decade, but occasionally lose my account password and have to start over) is the collective knowledge of curious people who know deep stuff about nearly every topic.