Please keep this sort of insinuation off HN. It's against the site guidelines, because our consistent experience has been that these perceptions almost never hold up under investigation. They're almost all pure imagination.

"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."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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> I find it funny how so many HNers suddenly jump out of the wood work to respond to allegations that these subreddits are supported by foreign troll farms.

+1

I mean, the /r/antiwork subreddit features mostly posts reporting how people quit their jobs following a history of workplace abuse, or red flags during hiring processes.

Moreover, the subreddit isn't even exclusive to reports from the US.

Are we now supposed to believe that there is no such thing as a bad interview or poor working conditions anywhere we look?

Why are these accounts so hell bent on gaslighting everyone into thinking that there is no such thing as an abusive boss, and quiting a bad job or rejecting a job offer is unheard of?

>Almost like these troll farms know about HN as well...

I checked every reply to koheripbal's comment, and everybody there looks like they have a consistent comment history prior to this thread. I suppose russian troll farms could also be keeping accounts "warm" to prevent this sort of suspicion, but that starts to get into "unfalsifiable claim" territory.