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An email I received this morning: "Hope all is well. Would you guys mind upvoting this? This is my new company: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1013389 ht
by motters 17y ago
An email I received this morning:
"Hope all is well. Would you guys mind upvoting this? This is my new company:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1013389 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1013389
Best,
- Emil Gilliam"
Surely begging emails like this are an improper use if the voting system.
- rms 17y agoIt's pretty much an inevitable use of the voting system.
- motters 17y agoYes, there's nothing you can do to prevent people from doing this, but I notice that on other voting based news sites such gaming has reduced the quality.
- paraschopra 17y agoI think asking for upvoting is not fair but I seriously don't know if you sharing this is really okay.
- motters 17y agoI think it's ok to call astroturfers out, because too much of that sort of thing goes on.