I think this could be against the HN rules as read in the FAQ[1], if anyone who came to the link were to upvote the post. HN penalizes these posts by not allowi

I think this could be against the HN rules as read in the FAQ[1], if anyone who came to the link were to upvote the post. HN penalizes these posts by not allowing them to be promoted outside of newest. > 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. > When the software detects a voting ring, it penalizes the post. Accounts that vote like this eventually get their votes ignored. 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html