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RevisionDojo, a YC startup, is running astroturfing campaigns targeting kids?

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Re: RevisionDojo, a YC startup, is running astroturfing campaigns targeting kids?

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Post by Teever »

weird-eye-issue wrote: post #8

Astroturfing on reddit has been a thing for over a decade and has really accelerated over the last few years. There's several companies where literally that is their business model to promote your product or service on reddit. I saw one for sale on acquire.com a while back for 7 figures

I’m shocked when I come across people who think that sockpuppeting doesn’t happen on social media including HN.

I wish there were laws that required large social media sites to publish data to their end users that indicate the severity of the problem.

Re: RevisionDojo, a YC startup, is running astroturfing campaigns targeting kids?

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Post by lispisok »

Teever wrote: post #12
weird-eye-issue wrote: post #8

Astroturfing on reddit has been a thing for over a decade and has really accelerated over the last few years. There's several companies where literally that is their business model to promote your product or service on reddit. I saw one for sale on acquire.com a while back for 7 figures

I’m shocked when I come across people who think that sockpuppeting doesn’t happen on social media including HN. I wish there were laws that required large social media sites to publish data to their end users that indicate the severity of the problem.

HN is so prime to sockpuppet on because of its fairly low comment rate but high concentration of users who can make technology decisions at companies.

Re: RevisionDojo, a YC startup, is running astroturfing campaigns targeting kids?

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Post by stuartjohnson12 »

onetimeusename wrote: post #13

What is this cheatsheets and predicted exam leaks stuff? I don't mean to sound naive but is cheating a significant part of the test prep space?

I looked into founding a company in this space and steered straight back out of it because yes, by far and away the VAST majority of demand in the market of study tools for high/middle schoolers is cheating. Below that, parents are involved and there's a market there (but a bad one, because of double sales where you have to sell through the parent to the child even though those two actors have misaligned incentives).

https://www.gauthmath.com/

This AI cheating app is currently #8 for "education" in the iOS app store.

Re: RevisionDojo, a YC startup, is running astroturfing campaigns targeting kids?

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Post by throw-12-16 »

ipsum2 wrote: post #4

Pickle, another yc backed startup, is also acting really fishy. They claimed they developed a standalone AR device, took money from customers, and now they're saying it requires tethering to your phone. https://x.com/cixliv/status/2008129653467492631

Don't forget about Honey!

YC is full of scams.

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