For the San Diego Hacker News meetup announcements, we generally post the HN link on the SDHN mailing list and invite people to upvote so there's a realistic ch

For the San Diego Hacker News meetup announcements, we generally post the HN link on the SDHN mailing list and invite people to upvote so there's a realistic chance new potential attendees will read about it. Would this constitute a voting ring?