It's an interesting new application of that joke, "when I have a question on Linux I use a sock puppet account to leave an obviously wrong answer which prompts dozens of corrections."

I'm trying to imagine how to generalize this to other products. I think if I state the competing product has negative feature X, but also intentionally get some details confidently incorrect or deliberately feign incompetence, you get a group of people confirming X.

I find it funny how many comments you've made in this thread missing the point. People are reacting against the dishonest pitch, not the product.