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Re:Cursor 1.0 by sixhobbits on Thursday June 05, 2025 @08:10AM (#44190834)
> 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. [0]

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re:Cursor 1.0 by zarzavat on Thursday June 05, 2025 @08:30AM (#44191020)
I believe that's talking about general insinuations, e.g. "you're just a russiabot" and the like.

The GP account above with only one comment that is singing the praises of a particular product is obviously fake. They even let the account age a bit so that wouldn't show up as a green account.

Re:Cursor 1.0 by i_have_an_idea on Thursday June 05, 2025 @10:41AM (#44192151)
The most alarming to me thing is that it seems to be happening at scale. This is one of dozens similar posts I've seen all over the programming communities with similar characteristics (high praise, new-ish accounts, little if any other activity).
Re:Cursor 1.0 by apwell23 on Thursday June 05, 2025 @09:58AM (#44191778)
seems justified in this case