"Lazy work" does not mean "lazy person." And "joke" would be better stated as "this article reads suspiciously as astroturfing."

But I see how the blunt call-out of lazy work and tip-toeing around the astroturfing vibes—i.e. the way I worded my comment—could read as a personal attack, and I agree that's not a productive way to approach discourse.

I missed the edit window, but I would amend the first line: s/author/article and s/a joke/intentionally misleading.