[ImJasonH]

Most popular comment openings:

> SELECT COUNT(*) c, SUBSTR(comment, 0, 100) pre FROM [jyang:fcc_ecfs.17108_comments] GROUP BY pre ORDER BY c DESC LIMIT 10;

[iokevins]

1 1,523,300 The FCC's Open Internet Rules (net neutrality rules) are extremely important to me. I urge you to pr

2 1,359,677 In 2015, Chairman Tom Wheeler’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) imposed restrictive Title II

3 1,283,663 Before leaving office, the Obama Administration rammed through a massive scheme that gave the federa

4 958,487 The current FCC regulatory scheme known as "Title II" represents an unprecedented increase in govern

5 818,815 The unprecedented regulatory power the Obama Administration imposed on the internet is smothering in

6 657,153 As a concerned taxpayer and consumer, I am writing to urge the FCC to set the internet free and remo

7 531,981 The Obama-era FCC regulations known as "Title II" enable the federal government to exert an extraord

8 452,764 I am in favor of strong net neutrality under Title II of the Telecommunications Act. Sincerely, Ma

9 450,914 The Open Internet rules (net neutrality) are extremely important to me. I don't want the ISP to have

10 380,872 I am in favor of strong net neutrality under Title II of the Telecommunications Act. Sincerely, Jo

[losteric]

Huh, I wonder why the top negative copy+paste responses are not tied to any organization or grass-roots effort.

[Vintila]

Presumably they must have come from somewhere, anyone know where?

[snsr]

Not sure who, but the fraudulent comments were all submitted by a bot. Verizon has made similar efforts in the past.

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Bots-Flood-FCC-Website-Wi...

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Consumers-Demand-FCC-Inve...

https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/6a6qvi/someone_...

http://www.zdnet.com/article/a-bot-is-flooding-the-fccs-webs...

[simcop2387]

From the looks of it, 8 and 10 are likely the same. Shrinking the preamble check by a few characters will likely make them show up better and get a better idea of the last few entries in the top 10.

[nicolas-siplis]

Indeed, that small change brings it up to the top of the ranking!

1 | [7568642] | am in favor of strong net neutrality under Title II of the Telecommunications Act. Sincerely,

2 | [1523457] | The FCC's Open Internet Rules (net neutrality rules) are extremely important to me. I urge you to

3 | [1359677] | In 2015, Chairman Tom Wheeler's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) imposed restrictive Title

4 | [1283663] | Before leaving office, the Obama Administration rammed through a massive scheme that gave the fede

5 | [958487] | The current FCC regulatory scheme known as "Title II" represents an unprecedented increase in gove

6 | [818815] | The unprecedented regulatory power the Obama Administration imposed on the internet is smothering

7 | [657153] | As a concerned taxpayer and consumer, I am writing to urge the FCC to set the internet free and re

8 | [531981] | The Obama-era FCC regulations known as "Title II" enable the federal government to exert an extrao

9 | [450914] | The Open Internet rules (net neutrality) are extremely important to me. I don't want the ISP to ha

10 | [379644] | Obama's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) forced regulations on the internet that put the go

[nerdponx]

This could become An interesting dataset for distinguishing bots from people. Evidently wr need some kind of Voigt-Kampf test for social media.

[beager]

Take the substr down and I think 8 and 10 combine and may include a very large number of additional matches.