Common enough that there's something behind it. However, @dang suggests there is nothing HN can do to insulate us from "sufficiently smart manipulators." [1]

Common enough that there's something behind it. However, @dang suggests there is nothing HN can do to insulate us from "sufficiently smart manipulators." [1] [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=sufficiently%20smart%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...