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> The more I read on Reddit/Hacker News, the more I think there is brigading, trolls, sockpuppets that try to sway public opinion. Does Hacker News potentially have this problem?

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30479156#30489889 and the links it gives, including https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme... and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27398725 .

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rodrodrod | karma 239 | avg karma 7.24 · | 2018-10-02 10:55:46

> Wow, does the top comment always have to be cynical?

Middlebrow dismissals are a hacker news staple.

http://www.byrnehobart.com/blog/why-are-middlebrow-dismissal...

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dang | karma 18142 | avg karma 0.25 · | 2020-05-23 14:04:07

> stinks of some tech-fetishist with poor communication skills who insists on doing everything by the most difficult and convoluted means possible

That crosses into personal attack and that is not ok on HN. Please don't do this sort of name-calling here.

(Edit: looks like you did it here too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23280952. Please make your substantive points without stooping to this.)

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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dang | karma 18142 | avg karma 0.25 · | 2017-01-08 05:40:18

> I view this as programmers and such wanting to sacrifice the lives of plebs

That's beyond uncharitable. Please don't post inflammatory, unsubstantive comments to HN.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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mjfl | karma 3951 | avg karma 3.12 · | 2017-08-08 17:05:29

> Does 95% beat getting shot?

Totally inappropriate.

> Hacker News is infiltrated by people likely to be paid to post pro-hyper-rich propaganda

This is an entrepreneurship-centered link aggregator. You are insane.

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Razengan | karma 5899 | avg karma 1.51 · | 2021-02-10 00:38:07

> Please avoid adding drive-by comments such as "hello from Hacker News" to this task as they are not helpful. Thank you.

Ironic. Dang could save himself from spam, but not others.

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dang | karma 18142 | avg karma 0.25 · | 2019-07-12 18:14:04

> I'm sorry but WtF who is this guy

Can you please make your substantive points without making things personal?

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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egeozcan | karma 5220 | avg karma 2.65 · | 2014-03-10 05:38:59

> and you will not read Hacker News today

not from your laptop, at least. and most probably not from within your house too.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Will%20It%20Mic...

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dang | karma 18142 | avg karma 0.25 · | 2015-03-12 23:32:19+00:00

> smart-ass [...] Quit being little brats that are pouting because you can't have what you want

This is not appropriate for a Hacker News comment. Please follow the site guidelines:

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html

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dang | karma 18142 | avg karma 0.25 · | 2015-07-07 23:04:27+00:00

> You will never be able to code email templates and that just shows how clueless you are

Totally not ok on HN. Please follow the rules and comment civilly or not at all.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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dang | karma 18142 | avg karma 0.25 · | 2024-02-17 18:49:19

> your comment is terrible and a big tell you have no idea of web technology

You can't attack another user like that on this site, and we ban accounts that do, so please don't do it again.

If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.

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turminal | karma 1326 | avg karma 2.98 · | 2021-02-02 15:26:30+00:00

> I guess he's referring to this post? https://drewdevault.com/2019/02/10/Wayland-misconceptions-de...

And to numerous comments on HN and elsewhere.

The 'wayland sucks' movement is sooo annoying, even to me and I'm just a happy wayland user and haven't spent any of my free time writing those thousands of lines of code.

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lofatdairy | karma 1150 | avg karma 4.18 · | 2022-08-11 17:49:02

>I was wondering why this post had so many comments. Then I found out it was posted on proggit/HN. The discussions there were hardly interesting, however.

For the curious (was a bit annoying to find since gplus is down now and all links redirect to a different subdomain):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4331855

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dang | karma 18142 | avg karma 0.25 · | 2016-06-11 22:19:19+00:00

> showing the maintainers as douchebags

That's over the line. Please edit such name-calling out of your comments here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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MMS21 | karma 242 | avg karma 3.23 · | 2021-12-31 12:02:36

> there seems to be no censorship on Hacker News

https://jcs.org/2012/06/13/hellbanned_from_hacker_news

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