[retro]

"I have long suspected that Andrew has been using fake accounts or paying people to put a positive spin on his threads. The above comment was made by a brand new a account and follows a trend of other fishy comments."

I have had the same suspicion for quite a while and am surprised no one has looked into this. Glad to hear someone else thinks it's not just the little voices in my head.

[staunch]

PG addressed it here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1131005

AndrewWarner does link directly to HN and ask for votes, so it's quite likely that people register specifically to upvote/comment for his submissions.

I would like to see him comment on the ruby35 account, it is quite suspicious: http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=ruby35

[AndrewWarner]

Thanks for that. I hadn't seen his comment.

[thehodge]

bob345 made me look twice, very defensive and an account less than 2 hours old