<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>rickmb</author><text>If you are shocked by the &quot;blatant manipulation of the mob&quot;, the advertising you see all around you every day, everywhere must put you in a permanent state of catatonia.&lt;p&gt;How come the combination of internet and activism is suddenly &quot;dangerous&quot;, and not the pervasive and misleading propaganda we&apos;ve been subjected to for generations?&lt;p&gt;Shell can no longer drown out the opposition with millions of dollars and &lt;i&gt;now&lt;/i&gt; it&apos;s a problem?</text><parent_chain><item><author>hcurtiss</author><text>What&apos;s shocking to me is the blatant manipulation of the mob.  Maybe this has gone on forever, but seeing it happen in real time on sites like Reddit is tripping me out.  While I think my BS filter is more sophisticated than most, on the morning it was released I sent the Shell party video to a colleague to ask if he was there not realizing it was a spoof.  Turns out he happened to know there was no such party.&lt;p&gt;I feel like the internet is becoming an increasingly dangerous place, and subtly so.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Shell social media oil spill a &apos;coordinated online assassination&apos;</title><url>http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/shell-social-media-oil-spill-a-coordinated-online-assassination-20120719-22bpe.html</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>k3n</author><text>I&apos;d pity them save for the fact that big oil has been &apos;blatantly manipulating the mob&apos; for decades now, at the detriment to our environment.&lt;p&gt;The dangers of the mob are very real though, as many people&apos;s lives have been ruined (or nearly ruined) through some misinformation that goes viral.</text><parent_chain><item><author>hcurtiss</author><text>What&apos;s shocking to me is the blatant manipulation of the mob.  Maybe this has gone on forever, but seeing it happen in real time on sites like Reddit is tripping me out.  While I think my BS filter is more sophisticated than most, on the morning it was released I sent the Shell party video to a colleague to ask if he was there not realizing it was a spoof.  Turns out he happened to know there was no such party.&lt;p&gt;I feel like the internet is becoming an increasingly dangerous place, and subtly so.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Shell social media oil spill a &apos;coordinated online assassination&apos;</title><url>http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/shell-social-media-oil-spill-a-coordinated-online-assassination-20120719-22bpe.html</url></story>