[shooper]

>Is there a large contingent of bitter MS employees on HN?

Huh what? What leads you to that conclusion? I'm totally lost here.

[mbrubeck]

I think the implicit question was meant to be "Who is up-voting this post on HN, bitter MS employees?"

[proexploit]

I up-voted the story not because I like the message or because I'm for it but because I want it to be seen. I'm against any kind of "attack" advertising and I'd like to see it discussed, not ignored.

[mbennett]

When I saw the comment, the story had 6 points i.e 5 upvotes.

Even making the huge assumption and leap that it was all MS employees and no one else voted on it who thought it was interesting news, I don't know if 5 counts as a "large contingent".

To be clear, I am not in favor of this campaign and I did not upvote the story.