[hackuser]

I thought my tone was civil and matter-of-fact. Please let me know if it seemed otherwise.

> unsubstantiated claims

I substantiated my hypothesis and acknowledged its uncertainty. Of course there is no clear proof of astroturfing, unless it's very clumsily done. The whole point of it is to look like legitimate users.

[dang]

Would you please stop going on about this? You've done it a great deal and we've now explained to you that (unless you have actual evidence) it's off-topic.

If you have concerns about abuse on HN you're welcome to email [e-mail] so we can look into it, but you're not welcome to dilute HN discussions with what amounts to nothing more than tedious fantasy.