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I think they look for cliques in the graph of people who upvote certain content. Even with "natural" vote times, you may get caught doing this over and over.
by pclmulqdq 4y ago
I think they look for cliques in the graph of people who upvote certain content. Even with "natural" vote times, you may get caught doing this over and over.
This is one of the ways that Reddit and Twitter search for bots too.
- soheil 4y agoI mean we have super sophisticated botnets causing havoc on major/state-linked social media platforms, I think they can handle HN.
- netmonk 4y agoyou dont need botnet that much, when most of member of a group you belong are conditionned to react (in a pavlov way) to specific trigger. Social engineering at it's finest.