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thesuitonymyesterday at 8:25 PM1 replyview on HN

That's definitely the most insidious use, but I think the larger portion is advertisers and karma farmers (who later sell to advertisers).


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dylan604yesterday at 8:59 PM

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/05/nx-s1-5100829/russia-election...

If Russia is willing to spend cash like that, then of course they're willing to run massive bot farms to pollute any forums they can. I'd be shocked if the US was not doing the same in any way they can. You have to ask why Trump killed Radio Free America as well when it was clearly not an big expense.

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