Please don't harass new accounts. The odds that you're nailing some impersonator are much smaller than the odds that you're being a jerk to someone who you ought to be welcoming to the community. That's not the kind of place we want HN to be.

Of course many new accounts aren't really new users, but that's not necessarily illegitimate. The site guidelines ask you to Assume good faith for a reason: communities that don't, end up turning on themselves and become poisonous, almost like an auto-immune disorder.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

It's particularly important to understand and abide by this guideline: "Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, 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." Internet users are far, far too quick to imagine they're seeing this and accuse someone else, someone perfectly innocent, of malicious manipulation. We don't want that here.

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=by:dang%20astroturf&sort=byDat...