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by austinthetaco8 hours ago |
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upvoteby johnbarron7 hours ago|
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The movie got 12 posts here on HN, pumped by Amazon Studios within the day of release but suddenly it cant be discussed?
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upvoteby austinthetaco7 hours ago|
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If you have some proof of astroturfing you should write a blog and then share on hn, it might make for a very good post here. otherwise it feels wildly inappropriate (not to mention incredibly unlikely that they would spend marketing money on astroturfing here of all places). Andy Weir has written some books that are incredibly successful in the tech industry circles with Hail Mary being the current most popular if not slightly under The Martian, chances are there's just going to be a lot of talk about it. But even if there is astroturfing, telling people to not watch the movie in a thread where someone is showing off their space photography is inappropriate and misplaced.
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upvoteby inaros7 hours ago|
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The author of the great Astrophotography is not the OP of the HN post.

And that is already one starting and possible isolated indicator of astroturfing, ....when the movie related posts got no traction, they went looking for related subjects...

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upvoteby austinthetaco6 hours ago|
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Under the assumption that amazon has decided to astroturf on this niche tech news site, that is still okay and allowed to do as long as the article provided is interesting. There are countless posts here which are just blogs from various companies, sometimes posted here by the companies themselves. Meta, Apple, small startups, movie companies, whatever. It's all allowed here as long as the content posted has substance and is interesting, thats all. What's important is that the comments are productive and interesting and not being used as a soapbox, which is likely why your parent comment is negatively voted. There are countless platforms for you to suggest others not see a movie, but a hn post about astrophotography is not that.
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upvoteby inaros5 hours ago|
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>> Under the assumption that amazon has decided to astroturf on this niche tech news site

Even Microsoft astroturfs here...

Satya Nadella, Microsoft FY2019 Q1 earnings call [1]:

“In fact, this morning, I was reading a news article in Hacker News, which is a community where we have been working hard to make sure that Azure is growing in popularity and I was pleasantly surprised to see that we have made a lot of progress..."

[1] - https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2018/10/24/mi...

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upvoteby austinthetaco3 hours ago|
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there is a stark difference between a division aimed at developers attempting to astroturf on a tech industry (mostly developer) news aggregator and a movie studio.
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upvoteby inaros3 hours ago|
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Its a whole industry with hundreds of employees and thousands of bots: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47520761
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upvoteby dahart7 hours ago|
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That proves nothing. You are making assumptions. Did you look at the submission history of the poster?

HN runs on user-submitted posts. People submit things they find interesting, and things they believe others will find interesting.

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upvoteby inaros3 hours ago|
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>>People submit things they find interesting, and things they believe others will find interesting.

I can hear the sounds of Kumbaya, My Lord.... this is a more realistic take: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47520761

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upvoteby inaros6 hours ago|
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>> HN runs on user-submitted posts.

Its about the timing.

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upvoteby dahart6 hours ago|
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You are still making assumptions.
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upvoteby inaros5 hours ago|
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That is how every investigation starts....
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upvoteby compiler-guy6 hours ago|
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I don't think I have ever submitted my own work to hn, but I'm not astroturfing what I do submit.
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