On: Ask HN: Is Hacker News under attack from spam bots?

[troydavis]

Just a guess: a teenager who learned to script and thought this was novel. This isn't an organized marketing campaign, it's a DoS with some links for amusement. Other than the volume, it's not even script kiddie level. Presumably they have access to proxy servers, though.

[gertop → troydavis]

A teenager who just learned to script bested a forum for (and by!) the Silicon Valley elite?

Shameful if true. But unsurprising.

[salad-tycoon → gertop]

Isn’t that every hacker lore story ever? It’s always David and Goliath. Script kid vs fbi vs nsa vs Microsoft/xbox vs etc.

It’s an elegant story arc.