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What's happening is it's getting a lot cheaper to buy votes on Hacker News. People have offered to do it for me to get the O(n) search papers I resubmit every q

What's happening is it's getting a lot cheaper to buy votes on Hacker News. People have offered to do it for me to get the O(n) search papers I resubmit every quarter to the front page. Folks assure me "it's way cheaper than it used to be!"

gweinberg 8y ago
Why would anyone do that? In particular, why would anyone pay to get an article on HN that has been there before?
- KirinDave 8y ago
  Why does anyone pay money to promote anything when often you can simply deal directly with the aggregator: the illusion of authenticity and relevance.