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This always happens when there's a popular post about big tech on HN. Google is a big company with lots of employees and lots of investors and HN is no longer a tiny corner of the internet. Just ignore the astroturfing and look for the signal in the noise.

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If you poll consumers, Google is one of the most liked companies [0]. They don’t need to astroturf to get favorable comments.

Also, accusations of astroturfing are against the HN site guidelines. If you think comments are wrong, tell us why they are wrong, don’t attack the authors.

[0] https://morningconsult.com/most-loved-brands-2020/

I've had this debate with mods already. I believe there is astroturfing but I'm not going to waste my time pointing out every instance, especially since I actually did this a long time ago and it's almost impossible to prove. You're welcome to believe the entirety of the comments narrative is genuine. I disagree.

Like I said in my original comment, look for the signal in the noise. If you believe there is no noise then your search is already over.

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