Oceans hit highest temperature on record

Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by tomhow on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @03:25AM (#49430216)

Don't make insinuations you aren't willing to back with evidence. We've had guidelines against this for years, precisely because these claims make for such repetitive and empty discussion, and this subthread is a perfect specimen of that. Any time anyone provides us with evidence of manipulation of the site, we investigate it and take action.

We – of course – care about manipulation on HN; the only reason this is a site people come to for discussing so many different important topics is that so much effort has gone into ensuring integrity in the content that can be read here. It's just not that easy to engage in astroturfing, shilling, brigading, etc without setting off alarms either in the software or in the many HN users who have finely honed bullshit detectors, because organized, manipulative participation is so clearly different from earnest participation.

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Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by asdfman123 on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @03:18PM (#49439182)

I invite you to do your own research. I'm not going to argue for every uncontroversial claim. If you believe it's controversial, see my first sentence.

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Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by tomhow on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @09:01PM (#49442902)

We are monitoring for manipulation all the time; we're highly motivated to do so, because the fastest path to the decline of HN is the one where people lose trust in it. Thus every one of our moderation decisions begins with community trust. People who care about the health of HN point out evidence of manipulation when they see it. Commenting like yours is a form of trolling.

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