That was many years ago. It doesn't actually work anymore. "gaming" is also a strong word. It was more like "Get 5 upvotes to hit the bottom of the frontpage,

That was many years ago. It doesn't actually work anymore. "gaming" is also a strong word. It was more like "Get 5 upvotes to hit the bottom of the frontpage, then if content is good enough it floats up, if it's not it doesn't" The trick was that I was reliably able to guess the taste du jour of the HN crowd.