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0 pointscryoshon10y ago0 comments

Glad to see I'm not the only one seeing this. I have seen such behavior on other NSA-threads, as well as a few political threads in recent memory. I think, for the most part, HN is now "on the radar".

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pdkl9510y ago· 1 in thread

To be absolutely clear re: my other reply - while I think there are a lot of frustrated people, there has absolutely been JTRIG-style astroturfing on HN, and it's not recent.

It's dangerous to make specific accusations (many people are just ignorant, confused, or frustrated), but that doesn't account for the reliability, low latency, and consistency of the NSA apologizing in any of these "big" NSA stories.

cryoshonOP10y ago

Yeah, the low latency is a critical part. I laid eyes on this thread very soon after it was submitted, and there were already a number of identical dismissal style comments-- before anyone else had even arrived.

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