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Proof that voters don't bother to read the page behind the link.
by frank2 7y ago
Proof that voters don't bother to read the page behind the link.
- probably_wrong 7y agoAlternative: if several accounts submit the same post, they each count as a +1. The OP could have a bunch of friends that submit the link at the same time, perhaps when he tweets it. At least one other user admitted to it in an old post that made it to the front-page.
- minimaxir 7y agoNormally yes, but in this case there actually isn't a link! The OP resubmitted with the correct link, which also got a suspicious amount of upvotes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22899816 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22899816
- jjgreen 7y agoAt least those 16 people actually got through to the article in the end ...