> 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.html

Are you suggesting there is a government conspiracy to influence this dusty corner dive bar of the Internet?

Can you be more specific? I see a lot of uninformed takes, but no specific bias. Do you mean downvotes?