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I agree with your points only because my goal is to offer an idea and then have it be sublated as a result of discussion, with new truths revealed. Because I u

• jacquesm 17y ago
  Essentially your argument is 'the end justifies the means' because somehow your posting is important enough for this but those of others are not. The thread was derailed because you chose to cheat and got called out for it, but most likely it has worked wonders for you in the past. Look, I have 0 clout on this site, but if this were my site you'd be booted out for this, it's as simple as that. There are plenty of people that have been kicked off HN for just their tone of voice (unalone comes to mind, he may not be the most polished of characters but some of his stuff was quite interesting), the only saving grace as far as I can see is that you at least are honest about what you did. What I'm really wondering about is how common this tactic really is. If you think it is ok and you ask your friend to vote your stuff up, it stands to reason that you'd do the same for them, it is proof positve that there is a back-channel that is being used to muster voting and/or flag power beyond what 'ordinary' users have. That's a really really bad development in my eyes. Or would you like to state that you are not aware of anything like this happening in the past because of you asking your friends to vote stuff up or flag it and / or you voting stuff up for your friends and / or flagging stuff at their request?