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I'll email you. For what it's worth, I don't think HN is in any immediate danger, nor do I know of any active, large-scale vote manipulation happening currentl
by austenallred 10y ago
I'll email you.
For what it's worth, I don't think HN is in any immediate danger, nor do I know of any active, large-scale vote manipulation happening currently. But to say something like "vote manipulation on HN does not work" is a very bold claim.
- dang 10y agoOk, I look forward to it. Edit: still waiting!
- i336_ 10y agoI understand that HN's ranking algorithm isn't 100% disclosed because people post startups here and this forum needs to be a fair environment. I say this to make clear that I do get the security ramifications of revealing too much. But it sounds like you have a bit of understanding when it comes to this topic, which I'm very interested in understanding more about generically speaking. I've always been curious how vote manipulation detection _actually works_, and the kinds of things that can be done to combat vote hacking of various kinds. I say this as someone vaguely considering the idea of making a small HN-like forum at some point (still figuring out the why and how).