[quadrifoliate]

Eh, they have a sob story about potentially being exploited again all ready.

Plus, $75 in some sense is more shocking than $2,000 – you can perhaps visualize paying $75 to get rid of some negative reviews, and that combined with the lurid "this is three weeks income for poor people" catches your imagination.

I am on board with the parent comment, this sounds like a publicity stunt.

[gnicholas]

If it starts happening to a bunch of companies whose founders frequent HN, we'll know it's a contagious publicity stunt!