Ironically, you have to wonder whether this post was submitted as a test case or to raise awareness that yes, even HN can be gamed sometimes to a certain extent

Ironically, you have to wonder whether this post was submitted as a test case or to raise awareness that yes, even HN can be gamed sometimes to a certain extent. I receive a number of emails and DMs asking for upvotes info HN, and my immediate response is to flag the post and not visit the link; send me the link directly if you believe I might be interested and I might share it if I think it's really cool. Don't ask me to spam through my social accounts.