Comment by technotony 14 hours ago Why? What's the incentive/value to commenting here with AI? 3 comments technotony Reply elzbardico 4 hours ago HN is a pretty influencial forum. Lots of tech journalists in mainstream media use it to get a pulse on what the SV/VC/Startup/BigTech crowd and adjacencies are talking about. marginalia_nu 14 hours ago If you control a bunch of established accounts, you can use them to either shill for products, or upvote certain topics. beart 14 hours ago - Spam a product/service- Generate age so spamming a product/service is easier and the account appears more trustworthy- Influence discussions in a particular direction for monetary gain, i.e. "I got rich on bitcoin, you'd be crazy not to invest".- Influence discussions in a particular direction for political gain, i.e. "I went to Xinjiang and the Uyghurs couldn't be happier!"
elzbardico 4 hours ago HN is a pretty influencial forum. Lots of tech journalists in mainstream media use it to get a pulse on what the SV/VC/Startup/BigTech crowd and adjacencies are talking about.
marginalia_nu 14 hours ago If you control a bunch of established accounts, you can use them to either shill for products, or upvote certain topics.
beart 14 hours ago - Spam a product/service- Generate age so spamming a product/service is easier and the account appears more trustworthy- Influence discussions in a particular direction for monetary gain, i.e. "I got rich on bitcoin, you'd be crazy not to invest".- Influence discussions in a particular direction for political gain, i.e. "I went to Xinjiang and the Uyghurs couldn't be happier!"
HN is a pretty influencial forum. Lots of tech journalists in mainstream media use it to get a pulse on what the SV/VC/Startup/BigTech crowd and adjacencies are talking about.
If you control a bunch of established accounts, you can use them to either shill for products, or upvote certain topics.
- Spam a product/service
- Generate age so spamming a product/service is easier and the account appears more trustworthy
- Influence discussions in a particular direction for monetary gain, i.e. "I got rich on bitcoin, you'd be crazy not to invest".
- Influence discussions in a particular direction for political gain, i.e. "I went to Xinjiang and the Uyghurs couldn't be happier!"