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It's possible that it's more insidious than simply trying to get high-profile users to submit links to their articles. When you try to submit a duplicate link,
by kylec 17y ago
It's possible that it's more insidious than simply trying to get high-profile users to submit links to their articles. When you try to submit a duplicate link, the system will redirect you to the older submission and cause you to automatically upvote it. If you can get a handful of people to 'submit' the same link, you've managed to boost your article's ranking and likely will get it on the front page.
- zitterbewegung 17y agoI am not that high profile and I have been approached because I have a midrange karma.
- kylec 17y agoIt doesn't matter how much karma you have though - the top users were probably targeted because the leaderboard was a convenient list of active users.
- iamelgringo 17y agoI've been on the leader board for a couple of years, and I do get plenty of random requests about starting HN meetups (I host Hackers and Founders -- Silicon Valley ). I also get a number of random pings to give feedback on people's sites, which I'm generally happy to do. That being said, I've never been approached to submit a post.
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