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Comment by newman555 | Hacker News Reader

but why?

The threads such submissions generate tend to be full of flame wars, so there is a fraction of the userbase which doesn't believe climate change is a big deal, and I suppose there is a fraction of the userbase that doesn't like topics that generate flame wars.

I have to say I didn’t notice anyone saying anything positive or dismissing about the climate change on HN lately, it seems we generally agree that the problem is very real. Although it seems that when it comes to solutions - lots of discussions and disagreement there.

I suspect many flags come from client change deniers; both paid shills and folks influenced by said shills.

Where can I sign up to be a paid shill? Moreover, is HN considered a large enough community for people to _pay_ to shill on topics unrelated to tech/startups?

I don’t think you get paid to shill. The real money is in convincing others to volunteer to shill on your behalf.

From the HN guidelines [1]:

" 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."

Also, the article is currently on the front page, so the discussion about it being buried by flags is moot.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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