"Y combinator encourage posting news by their rating system. Nothing wrong here by doing exactly what YC encourages. Why not post if I find good news? They even

"Y combinator encourage posting news by their rating system. Nothing wrong here by doing exactly what YC encourages. Why not post if I find good news? They even make it extremely easy by their bookmarklet." There is absolutely no question that you're abusing the system. You're purposefully degrading the experience of everyone, and of course you're aware of it. Whether there's a rule about this sort of thing is completely irrelevant and stating that "Y combinator encourage" this behavior by not implementing functionality to stop it is simply disingenious. Any system can be gamed or abused if you just make an effort. In the end it comes down to your (missing) sense of honor. Do you want to contribute or would you rather like to corrupt the world? Corrosion is always easier of course, and may even reward you in the short run. And I guess we already are rewarding you by talking about you, so I guess the strategy paid off. HN wouldn't be the first site to die like this, but I'm guessing this is not the time yet.