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Does it stay on the front page with so few votes? This sounds trivially gameable by voting rings.

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• adventured 11y ago
  No, it'll melt and quickly fall off the front page if it doesn't get more votes in an appropriate amount of time. It's not trivial to game over time. HN has been very successfully handling attempts at gaming for years. If it didn't, the site wouldn't function at all given its traffic, it would be overwhelmed with crap 24/7.
  • mkesper 11y ago
    Though being on front page dramatically heightens the possibility of getting further clicks (without any gaming).