I noticed this morning there was a link to the Engadget story about the new Nokia tablet on the front page. The first commenter was called out as a Msft PR flack. Another comment pointed out that since it's not an iPad it's not innovative enough to be on HN (I'm paraphrasing but not exagerating). When I made it to the office and checked to see what other sorts of comments had been posted I couldn't find the story anywhere on the first three pages. I figured it was flagged into oblivion for reasons the OP mentions.