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by merman 457 days ago
This thread seems like a good example of how to subtly be negative and breed cynicism.

Nitpick (see pedantic and mostly irrelevant replies to the excellent top comment.

Who cares, anyway? Whatabout all the other things that have ever happened? (see 2nd comment, 3rd comment)

More nitpicking, 4th comment

Top comment, and further down, the comments and discussion are quite good. I do wonder about how large an impact a targeted, small amount of astroturfing can accomplish. just boost/inject some cynicism and negativity into the top 2-4 comments, nothing too obvious. Just enough to poison the well a bit.