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Comment by arkades | Hacker News Reader

So, this is the second front page post by the same user this morning. One takes a direct shot at vanguard (“tax dialysis”), and the next an indirect shot (“they don’t use your votes right - but we do! Invest with us!”). The user only has four posts in their entire history, and three are on the same topic and posted in the last 24 hours.

This ... looks off to me.

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Pretty obviously market-testing some ideas on how to structure a tweaked index fund with higher management fees (references in the closing to charging 25 basis points and the "platform" which has no other details available)

Vanguard just cut fees days ago: https://www.etf.com/sections/daily-etf-watch/21-vanguard-etf...

This is "sponsored content" except it's on the HN front page. It's a marketing material as a blog post.

We can't know if the original upvotes are from PR firms or if are organic.

I actually believe the Vanguard story puts that fund in a positive light - they actively work to shield their investors from taxes, in a legal way. Sounds like a great deal for the customers.

It's quite obvious what happened there, but it's not necessary bad.

Please explain...

A user has a bone to pick/an incentive to make this point, which normally leads to bad submissions. However, in this case it is a legitimate issue to be discussed.

I actually assumed the account was compromised. The account managed to not really post anything in the preceding five years, and then went on an astroturfing spree in a single twenty four hour period.

You’re probably right, though.

It's probably not malicious. They may just be skeptical of Vanguard and want to spur discussion on what they think is important. Trying to bring up topics they find are worth discussing.

No/little activity for 4 years and then 3 posts on the same topic in 24 hours is more than a little suspicious, though.

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