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belorn on Oct 23, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Why the Microsoft hate?

New accounts can be handled differently by the flame war flamewar detector than established accounts.

That is, if this is a actually problem and not only a theoretical one.

rbanffy on Oct 23, 2013 [–]

Not a big problem if you grow a constant number of expendable accounts.

If I were an astroturfer, grooming accounts would be part of my daily routine. I'd probably automate it too.

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