[darklajid]

That invalidates your comment in so far as that the person that submitted this as news claims to have no affiliation with Microsoft.

Unless you claim that the submitter is lying your whole 'Hey, nicely done by your PR department, Microsoft' argument goes down the drain.

[curried_haskell]

Welcome to astroturfing 101. And they rely on people like you to keep the doubt alive.

But you have to be incredibly naive to think social media manipulation isn't a core part of companies marketing strategies today.

[dang]

I'm sure it is, but attacking fellow community members with no basis is a bannable offence. That's what you're doing, and you need to stop doing it if you want to keep posting here.

If you or anyone sees evidence of astroturfing on HN, please send it to [e-mail] so we can properly look into it (which we always do). We take the issue seriously, and it's also a serious breach of civility to casually sling these accusations at others. Two wrongs don't make a right.

[barhun]

I can barely hide the truth now, let me elucidate: I am from the department of PR, the United Nations where Bill Gates and I have been trying hard to keep it secret that some people who work for UNICEF have been seen killing babies for a while now with use of laughter which they cause by injecting hyperpepsinic and hypoacoustic polynuclear bazookas into their own asses.

https://youtu.be/PZuErXLfQlM