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>We ban accounts that do that. It has never been acceptable on HN, I think he meant that it was an acceptable methodology, not that the various platforms condo
by dsfyu404ed 7y ago
>We ban accounts that do that. It has never been acceptable on HN,
I think he meant that it was an acceptable methodology, not that the various platforms condoned it. I don't think any platform has ever condoned that sort of use, or at least none that I can recall.
- dang 7y agoThat's a fair point, but I'd still like to get the word out that doing it on HN will get your accounts and sites banned. A similar point here if anyone is curious: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21439027 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21439027
- nkurz 7y ago> I don't think any platform has ever condoned that sort of use I feel like Reddit came pretty close to condoning this sort of "growth hacking" when one of the founders confessed that they got the site off the ground by creating lots of fake accounts: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z4444w/how-reddit-got-huge-tons-of-fake-accounts--2 https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z4444w/how-reddit-got-hug... I find this confession to be on a par with Zuckerberg's famous "dumb fucks" quote. While Reddit did go on to become a useful site, I consider their success to be permanently tainted. I applaud dang's efforts to ban users who attempt similar deceptions.