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Has Chinese propaganda made it to hacker news?

Funny how some people are so brainwashed they assume anything that doesn’t match their own state propaganda is somebody else’s propaganda, not a honest opinion.

Yes. Many commenters on such topics - including at least one in this thread - even identify as members of the 50 Cent Army in their profiles.

A couple of years ago I'd assume that someone who can't tell it's a joke wouldn't be able to create an account on HN, or - if they somehow succeeded - would die of suffocation by forgetting to breathe while writing a comment.

Nowadays I'm not sure anymore, so I tend to add "/s" in all but most obvious cases, like this one.

yes

I know where Tibet is. I know that the Chinese Revolution succeeded in 1949, and Tibet was subsequently invaded in October of 1950. China also entered the Korean war in October of 1950 when 200,000 Chinese nationals crossed the Yalu river and repelled American soldiers.

r/sino is a state Chinese propaganda sub.