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It's worth mentioning that there are two classes of this game: 1) I get 47 of my closest friends to mindlessly vote it up in some kind of vote exchange black m
by pmichaud 17y ago
It's worth mentioning that there are two classes of this game:
1) I get 47 of my closest friends to mindlessly vote it up in some kind of vote exchange black market.
2) I get one or perhaps two close friends who have read the submission and genuinely like it to vote up so that my submission has a chance to stand on its own merit.
#1 is bad, and makes HN cheap. #2 though is a rational response to a broken system.
I think the right approach to #1 is to algorithmically detect and squash it. The right approach to #2 is to figure out why it's even necessary to do that, and change the system such that it's no longer necessary at all.
- gr366 17y agoThat's a very valuable distinction. Thanks for pointing that out.
- jackowayed 17y agoYeah. There's also a difference when it comes to what you're posting. If I post Random Link To an Article I Found Online, I don't bother asking any of my friends to upvote. If I post Ask HN: Review My Startup That Will Make Me Millions, I really want to make sure that gets seen so I get plenty of insight, so I'll either ask 1 or 2 of my friends to or tweet the link to the HN discussion, knowing that only 3 or 4 of my followers even have HN accounts that they've used enough for their votes to count, so I'm not gaming the system to a ridiculous degree.