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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 sub
by 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 agoThanks 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 agoHere'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 agoAnd 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 agoSeemed 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).