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The author admitted to vote-brigading on IRC. Some 50 or so of the votes are from the author's group of upvoting friends and alternate accounts.
by erkIfShen 8y ago
The author admitted to vote-brigading on IRC. Some 50 or so of the votes are from the author's group of upvoting friends and alternate accounts.
- slikts 8y agoThat's some fevered imagination.
- erkIfShen 8y agoDon't lie; it makes you look foolish. 07:48 <xkapastel> HAX 07:48 <xkapastel> `slikts: a self post made it to #1 07:48 <xkapastel> what kind of witchcraft is this 07:48 <`slikts> xkapastel: just need to get initial traction 07:48 <xkapastel> must be nice having a botnet 07:49 <xkapastel> tbh :) ... 07:52 <simpson> `slikts: So *did* you stuff the ballot box with upvotes? 07:52 <xkapastel> there's some voting ring 07:52 <xkapastel> the first post was a smiley from one of his friends, but afaik people do this sort of thing a lot so it's not really a big deal 07:52 <`slikts> simpson: very slightly 07:53 <`slikts> I don't have anything that could be called a botnet 07:53 <`slikts> but from past experiences it takes just a few votes to get past the initial bump 07:53 <xkapastel> too bad, a botnet is a good application of concurrent programming 07:54 <`slikts> also strategic timing counts 07:54 <`slikts> around now is the prime time to share content 07:54 <`slikts> middle of the week when US is getting up That "first post was a smiley" indeed. [1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18502760 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18502760
- slikts 8y ago"Very slightly" means that I shared that I'd submitted it here; realistically a couple of upvotes could have come from that, but I don't know. The talk about botnets and whatnot is just hyperbole. You inferring alternative accounts and pulling numbers out of thin air is ridiculous.