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Comment by braingenious | Hacker News Reader

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=ym555

This appears to be the only comment this account has ever made

This doesn't really mean much. I know people like to use this as 'see they're a shill'-- but does Elon really need to pay people in order to get into petty fights about him? This literally is completely inconsequential. He's a billionaire, he owns twitter and can do what he wants. People can complain all day and it has literally no effect. He says things that piss people off literally every single day. The best thing to do is just ignore him instead of feeding him more attention

Now that's odd right? Account created in 2019 and not a single comment until now. The comment is also just a quick rebuttal with no substance, the type of comment made by someone who you'd think would comment often.

So either

People who manipulate opinions for some group, country, or company on social media keep accounts stored so when needed they can perform their job.

Or, this person read hackernews for 3 years and never commented (ignoring deleted comments) until just now and only to basically say "no".

Ever heard of lurkers?

> Or, this person read hackernews for 3 years and never commented (ignoring deleted comments) until just now and only to basically say "no".

Yes, comparing tumblr to twitter was so idiotic I just had to say no.

I have heard of lurkers, that was the second option I offered

Even better, no response to this as of the time I write this comment (1667104702).

“Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, bots, 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.”

Sometimes people lurk because they know they’re going to be scrutinised by self appointed gatekeepers and so try and wait until they have something perfect. Only to later just jump in the pool with something simple.

Your either is not complete, there are plenty of other possibilities.

So? That seems off topic.

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