[kamih]

No tinfoil required, there are now companies you can pay that will "manage" social network comment sections in your favor.

[jpttsn]

There are also private detectives for hire. Even so, you individually are probably not being stalked.

I'd hold on to the tinfoil just in case.

[sametmax]

Well, tinfoil new spring collection aside, you can't really compare:

- the value of one average joe data;

- against the value of a well orchestrated PR campaign on a site that experts, investors and intellectuals use as an information hub.

If you are skilled enough to maintain a good reputation of a client on HN, this is quite a good thing to manage IMO.

And here I am, posting comments for upvotes while maybe I could pay for it. I should step up my game.

[shamaku]

Thank you! Finally, someone that can think critically. And I had to scroll down through a lot of shillery for this. Wake up people!