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Hacker News seems like an easy website to game, way easier than Reddit, and people game Reddit all the time. I assume it happens more than we realise.
by bananaface 6y ago
Hacker News seems like an easy website to game, way easier than Reddit, and people game Reddit all the time. I assume it happens more than we realise.
- CuriouslyC 6y agoI don't know that it's easier to game so much as people don't tend to spew toxic garbage when they suspect someone is gaming them. There's decorum.
- bananaface 6y agoIt's easier to game because it has minimal verification procedures and much less traffic, and the tech being used is way less advanced (and mods are less active).
- tristor 6y agoI have no idea if there is pro-Google astroturfing happening on HN, but there is definitely pro-CCP astroturfing happening on HN in every thread with even a tangential connection to China. So it would not surprise me if huge corporations paid for services which may include astroturfing.