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Why is this voted to top??? Who got payed for this?
by brettermeier 6y ago
Why is this voted to top??? Who got payed for this?
- the-dude 6y agoI asked myself the same question and flagged it.
- greenwich26 6y agoHN is dead quiet around now. 2:30am on the West Coast. A few dozen upvotes will put a submission at the top. I don't think it's necessarily a conspiracy.
- yamrzou 6y agoIt seems to have reached the front page too quickly, it landed directly at the 6th position when it had only a score of 3: http://hnrankings.info/26777008/ http://hnrankings.info/26777008/, which drove it to the top. I guess it's an aberration of the HN ranking algorithm.
- matsemann 6y ago> Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data. And for my sibling comment: > If you flag, please don't also comment that you did. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html