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ares623today at 8:02 AM2 repliesview on HN

This is engagement bait. It’s been flooding Reddit recently, I think there’s a firm or something that does it now. Seems very well lubricated.

Note how OP is very nonchalant at all the responses, mostly just agreeing or mirroring the comments.

I often see it used for astroturfing.


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spuztoday at 8:18 AM

I'd recommend you watch the video which is linked at the top of the Reddit post. Everything matches up with an individual learner who genuinely got stung.

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gesshatoday at 2:12 PM

Regardless of whether that was the case, it would be hilarious if the laid off Q/A workers tested their former employers’ software and raised strategic noise to tank the stock.