Is this some sort of narrative being put on for some reason?<p>The last time we discussed this it wasn't swamping. <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37904047">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37904047</a><p>Seemed under control. <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38845878">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38845878</a><p>Swamping would be whitelisting reporters. See also banning an American university for making fake commits to the Linux kernel.