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Doubt there is manipulation as you suggest. Your assumptions of HN demographics are being challenged instead.

There have been some long term shifts in HN more towards the mainstream (as far as I can tell). That includes more political interest (and different distribution of political stances, too).

Reddit, for example, also had these shifts, but much more so, since they don't even try to be niche in the first place.

To be clear, I'm not suggesting. I'm actually asking. If it's happening, how would we know?

I was surprised when I read the suggestion on the other thread. And it got me thinking, how would we know? How could we protect against it?

We don't have to protect against a thing that's not happening.

https://upvotetracker.com/post/hn/28149974 looks completely normal, the story is just interesting

I didn't realize something like this existed, thanks for sharing.

What's a bot affected post look like?

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