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0 pointsjrflowers6mo ago0 comments

> aint no bots here sir

That makes sense. A bunch of real folks registered to post “this looks great” within minutes of this being posted

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=osamahqatanani

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=edwardkongg

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cagarza1000

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=amiayoshimura

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=apresser

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=aidansimonian

And these two have been waiting years to comment but were finally moved to for first time

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=jsjkim00

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=annawang7

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andyprevalsky6mo ago

they aren't bots

they are friends & customers of the product that we told about our launch and they came to show support...

dang6mo ago

Of course I believe you that they aren't bots, but it's against HN's rules to have friends show up to upvote and comment like this. It comes across as astroturfing, and HN's community (as you've no doubt noticed) is zealous in defending itself against this.

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

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

andyprevalsky6mo ago

Yea I saw those rules a little too late after posting , that’s mb

AllyRectangle6mo ago

I'm curious how this is any different from what every startup does when they launch and ask their employees/customers/friends to like and share their posts: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/martykausas_we-built-a-clickf...

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andyprevalsky6mo ago

if we wanted to bot this you wouldn't think it was bots lol

jrflowersOP6mo ago

> if we wanted to bot this you wouldn't think it was bots lol

Can you elaborate on what you mean by that

slater6mo ago

"if i really wanted to astro-turf this, i'd make it so you wouldn't be able to tell" ...

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