The more I read on Reddit/Hacker News, the more I think there is brigading, trolls, sockpuppets that try to sway public opinion. Does Hacker News potentially have this problem?<p>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_web_brigades
> The more I read on Reddit/Hacker News, the more I think there is brigading, trolls, sockpuppets that try to sway public opinion. Does Hacker News potentially have this problem?<p>See <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30479156#30489889" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30479156#30489889</a> and the links it gives, including <a href="https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=true&page=0&query=by:dang%20astroturf" rel="nofollow">https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...</a> and <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27398725" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27398725</a> .