"Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email us and we'll look at the data."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Let's not ruin the HN comments by introducing this type of language.

Argue the argument, not the arguer.