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https://barnacl.es/s/bwd2dt/please_upvote_the_show_hn_on_barnacles https://barnacl.es/s/bwd2dt/please_upvote_the_show_hn_on_bar... :( C'mon, aside from being u

https://barnacl.es/s/bwd2dt/please_upvote_the_show_hn_on_barnacles https://barnacl.es/s/bwd2dt/please_upvote_the_show_hn_on_bar... :( C'mon, aside from being uncool, doing this is likely to get the post automatically removed from the front page.

m52go 11y ago
It reminded me to up-vote. I see nothing wrong with it. It would be distasteful if incentives were offered in exchange for up-votes...but as it is, everyone's free to do as they please.
- sillysaurus3 11y ago
  This is blatant vote manipulation. In fact, can "vote manipulation" be defined any other way? It sucks that someone created an awesome site and then decided to ask for upvotes, but it's not ok to do that.
  - icedchai 11y ago
    If you don't think it's okay, don't give them an upvote.
    - sillysaurus3 11y ago
      More like if you don't think it's okay, flag the post.
  - petercooper 11y ago
    In fact, can "vote manipulation" be defined any other way? Political campaigning.
  - tripzilch 11y ago
    > In fact, can "vote manipulation" be defined any other way? What's worse, I believe that clicking one of those little triangle icons is literally equivalent to direct vote manipulation.
ihuman 11y ago
Asking for upvotes is against the rules https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html > Can I ask people to upvote my submission? > No. Users should vote for a story because it's intellectually interesting, not because someone is promoting it.
- Harkins 11y ago
  Thanks for the quote, I was unaware from... well, everyone I've known who has had a story on YC News and has asked for upvotes. It's removed.
  - sillysaurus3 11y ago
    Here's a screenshot for anyone who didn't get a chance to see it: http://i.imgur.com/om0vvJV.png http://i.imgur.com/om0vvJV.png
    - Harkins 11y ago
      And my final sentence of the "Welcome to Barnacles" post included a request for votes on YC News, though I didn't screenshot before I reworded that. I honestly had no idea of the rule here, so I've removed it. If there's flags, penalties, or removal I earned it. Nothing more to be done.
      - squeaky-clean 11y ago
        Seemed like an honest mistake. It's a little unfair to the other submissions, but I mostly wanted to warn you guys that HN does attempt to detect vote manipulation and removes posts (and the moderators will manually do it if they notice).

m52go 11y ago

It reminded me to up-vote. I see nothing wrong with it. It would be distasteful if incentives were offered in exchange for up-votes...but as it is, everyone's free to do as they please.

sillysaurus3 11y ago
This is blatant vote manipulation. In fact, can "vote manipulation" be defined any other way? It sucks that someone created an awesome site and then decided to ask for upvotes, but it's not ok to do that.
- icedchai 11y ago
  If you don't think it's okay, don't give them an upvote.
  - sillysaurus3 11y ago
    More like if you don't think it's okay, flag the post.
- petercooper 11y ago
  In fact, can "vote manipulation" be defined any other way? Political campaigning.
- tripzilch 11y ago
  > In fact, can "vote manipulation" be defined any other way? What's worse, I believe that clicking one of those little triangle icons is literally equivalent to direct vote manipulation.

ihuman 11y ago

Asking for upvotes is against the rules https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html > Can I ask people to upvote my submission? > No. Users should vote for a story because it's intellectually interesting, not because someone is promoting it.

Harkins 11y ago
Thanks for the quote, I was unaware from... well, everyone I've known who has had a story on YC News and has asked for upvotes. It's removed.
- sillysaurus3 11y ago
  Here's a screenshot for anyone who didn't get a chance to see it: http://i.imgur.com/om0vvJV.png http://i.imgur.com/om0vvJV.png
  - Harkins 11y ago
    And my final sentence of the "Welcome to Barnacles" post included a request for votes on YC News, though I didn't screenshot before I reworded that. I honestly had no idea of the rule here, so I've removed it. If there's flags, penalties, or removal I earned it. Nothing more to be done.
    - squeaky-clean 11y ago
      Seemed like an honest mistake. It's a little unfair to the other submissions, but I mostly wanted to warn you guys that HN does attempt to detect vote manipulation and removes posts (and the moderators will manually do it if they notice).