No, these are mostly regular users who post about eBPF or Haskell under other circumstances. You can check that yourself by looking at commenting histories, which are public.
If the situation were as you say, we could deal with it by banning the "overrunners" who are not here to use HN as intended. But it's not that—it's that the community is divided in much the ways that society at large is divided, and that divisive topics generate strong reactions.
If the situation were as you say, we could deal with it by banning the "overrunners" who are not here to use HN as intended. But it's not that—it's that the community is divided in much the ways that society at large is divided, and that divisive topics generate strong reactions.