> Is there any way we can keep HN from becoming drowned in garbage?
You make a good point - that we should watch out for manipulation everywhere on the internet - but then you undermine it by ending with an unfounded hyperbolic statement. You only provided one example user out of thousands (millions?) of HN users, how do you get from there to "drowning in garbage"? Seems to me the mods and community here are doing a pretty good job already.
Flag and move on.
> Moderator dang is one person
He's the public voice of a team.
> Is there any way we can keep HN from becoming drowned in garbage?
Do as the guidelines recommend:
> Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, bots, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.