HN Astroturfing Guidelines

You have been warned about astroturfing before, don't do such tactics on Hackernews (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37627275)

It's against the site guidelines to make insinuations of astroturfing without evidence.https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

From the guidelines:> 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.https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.htmlAlso, it's got a whopping 10 upvotes (at the time of your

thanks, will you tell me more about the 'astroturfing' at HN?

Have you noticed instances on HN that seem to you to be astroturfing ?

This comment breaks the site guideline against accusations of astroturfing. Would you please read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here?Lots more explanation at <a href="https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=true&page=0&query=by:dang%20astroturf" rel

It's against the site guidelines to insinuate astroturfing or shillage like this - if you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules, we'd appreciate it.The reason is that the overwhelming majority of such perceptions turn out not to have any evidence behind them, and meanwhile it's one of the things that internet commenters do that most

From the guidelines: "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 [email protected] and we'll look at the data."

Isn’t it against this site’s guidelines to accuse people of astroturfing?

This is from the guidelines: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.