It's normal for HN comments to get downvoted when they tediously repeat flamewar talking points which everyone has heard many times. This is not a site for nationalistic flamewar, ideological flamewar, or any other flamewar. Downvotes are an inevitable and appropriate response. The idea that it must be spies, foreign agents, bots, shills, astroturfers, or who knows what else is a fantasy people invent for themselves, no doubt because it's dramatic and gives one the frisson of being up against baddies. It's as puerile as it is repetitive.
Bottom line: the evidence could not be clearer, no matter how strongly internet warriors feel urges to project sinister fantasies onto their tribal enemies. That's against the site guidelines for good reason, well established over many years, so please stop.
I've explained all this countless times and have spent god knows how many hours poring over the data on all this. If you or anyone wants to read more, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27398725. There's plenty more at https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... if you scroll back to find them. Ditto at https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme....
Bottom line: the evidence could not be clearer, no matter how strongly internet warriors feel urges to project sinister fantasies onto their tribal enemies. That's against the site guidelines for good reason, well established over many years, so please stop.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html