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@minimaxir OP here. I don't really understand why / how this is vote manipulation, and I also wouldn't care either. I'm not a regular HN user. Wouldn't be the s
by marcosnils 10y ago
@minimaxir OP here. I don't really understand why / how this is vote manipulation, and I also wouldn't care either. I'm not a regular HN user. Wouldn't be the same to just reply to the thread by just sharing the thread link?. Just thought that sharing the image would generate a nice impact.
- minimaxir 10y ago> Wouldn't be the same to just reply to the thread by just sharing the thread link?. That is still against the HN rules, and it downweights votes made through direct links for those reasons. (highlighting a submission without using a direct link is the primary voting manipulation game on the said other site, and there have been some unique innovations)
- sp332 10y agoThe only rule is against asking people to upvote you. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html Letting people know that your link is on HN is not against the rules. Hackernews-button didn't get any comments from mods. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5782081 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5782081 Neither did hn-button. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5782081 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5782081 (PG did say he was afraid this kind of thing would have negative effects, but that was 5 years ago and no rule change since. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2934178 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2934178 )