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I'm glad that we a) have a community that is smart enough to pick up on this and fast (doesn't take rocket science) b) actually cares about pointing it out. People always ask me why HN hasn't gone to shit and I point to comments like this. ++community

Yeah, kinda skeezy.

That's my fault, can assure you none of them are fake, lot of them are new though. Tweeted the link out, and our followers seem a little excited to help out today, a few probably just signed up.

Mat

Maybe there should be a Karma threshold on commenting on "Rate My Startup" posts

the easier it is to create an account, the more astroturfing will happen.

What a great word.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing

"Astroturfing is a word in English describing formal political, advertising, or public relations campaigns seeking to create the impression of being spontaneous "grassroots" behavior, hence the reference to the artificial grass, AstroTurf."

I don't see how it benefits the submission though when it's so evident. I personally didn't even follow the link because of these spamlike comments.