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No, this is someone getting a bot some karma so it can eventually contribute to the manipulation of posts (i.e. getting things upvoted to the front page).
by core-questions 6y ago
No, this is someone getting a bot some karma so it can eventually contribute to the manipulation of posts (i.e. getting things upvoted to the front page).
- feanaro 6y agoDoes karma play a role in this on HN? I wasn't aware of that.
- 93po 6y agoYes, either accounts need a certain amount of karma to make their votes matter or higher karma gives more weight to the vote. Then when you post links that promote your own content or business you can upvote them with your army of bots
- sgt 6y agoThen it is probably our duty to downvote.
- 93po 6y agoCan probably just contact dang to ban him. But it's 4am and I'm too lazy