by blunte on 4/13/22, 12:40 AM with 13 comments
Then in the comments, I saw a strange post from an HN reader (who was also the submitter) which merely pasted an intro paragraph from the phys.org page. The comment and quote added nothing other than a visible "1 comment" to the post.
Looking at the submissions from this user, I saw dozens of submissions each day for the last several days. Many had a particular slant related to a particular ongoing war.
Moderator dang is one person. Is there any way we can keep HN from becoming drowned in garbage?
by yesenadam on 4/13/22, 2:00 AM
Do as the guidelines recommend:
> Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, bots, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.
by esperent on 4/13/22, 1:16 AM
You make a good point - that we should watch out for manipulation everywhere on the internet - but then you undermine it by ending with an unfounded hyperbolic statement. You only provided one example user out of thousands (millions?) of HN users, how do you get from there to "drowning in garbage"? Seems to me the mods and community here are doing a pretty good job already.
by gtirloni on 4/13/22, 1:02 AM
by gabrielsroka on 4/13/22, 1:54 AM
He's the public voice of a team.