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446 points tonmoy | 2 comments | 24 Aug 23 16:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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nologic01 ◴[24 Aug 23 18:08 UTC] No.37252485[source]▶
> Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.

This is one of the more serious pain points I notice (thankfully only occasionally).

Obviously getting some visibility is important for people launching new projects. Sometimes adversarial comments seem to be motivated by commercial rather than technical reasons.

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1. InSteady ◴[24 Aug 23 23:29 UTC] No.37255901[source]▶
>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 hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.
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2. nextaccountic ◴[25 Aug 23 01:35 UTC] No.37256812[source]▶
Well at least this doesn't insinuate a specific comment is astroturfing but rather that this practice exists (and I think that the existence of this practice is a reasonable topic to talk about, at least in this thread)