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> " "Argument" to you is disagreement with Thomas Ptacek, who time and time again bizarrely gets upvoted without merit or regard for accuracy." Found in the co
by axod 16y ago
> " "Argument" to you is disagreement with Thomas Ptacek, who time and time again bizarrely gets upvoted without merit or regard for accuracy."
Found in the code of most HNers brains:
if (poster=="tptacek" && subject=="security") upvote();
There are other nicknames who get an auto-upvote on hacker news in their 'realm'. It's just one of those things.
- tptacek 16y agoThat definitely does happen. I also get an automatic 30%>N>5% boost for name recognition; you get one too. It helps to be right, though.
- Groxx 16y agoJust decided to calculate it... Right now, you're up 116 points from this page alone, with an average of 6.4. It also helps when you're active (which debates/battles tend to encourage).