Or someone who lurks here, but never posts. Not everybody has an account here. I was just curious because I was talking my friend who has the solar just earlier today and he was a bit upset when he ran the numbers.

HN accounts don't require payment.

Someone is paying either real people to do this kind of thing, or for bots or LLMs to do it.

Someone wants to sway opinions, and they think it matters enough.

(Accusation removed from parent.)