>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 hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.
>>InStea+(OP)
Well at least this doesn't insinuate a specific comment is astroturfing but rather that this practice exists (and I think that the existence of this practice is a reasonable topic to talk about, at least in this thread)