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No thanks. I would much rather people downvote me when they disagree. If all I get is upvotes then what purpose would it serve to be here? That would imply w
by LinuxBender 3y ago
No thanks. I would much rather people downvote me when they disagree. If all I get is upvotes then what purpose would it serve to be here? That would imply we all think alike which would be silly and dangerous.
- damienwebdev 3y agoThere are many tech startup companies that pay for: 1. HN Upvotes 2. Product Hunt Upvotes 3. Github Stars Why? Because it's all part of their marketing con. For some software companies, they rely on the hivemind to drive the purchase of their vaporware.
- Blahah 3y agoI doubt this is being used for comments. Hitting the front page of hn with a blog post or product launch is quite valuable - that's what people will be paying for.
- RamRodification 3y agoIt's not for your comments. It's to promote a post for something that you think will earn you money (or something) if it gets a lot of traffic from HN.
- iLoveOncall 3y agoIt's pretty obvious the benefit that a poster would get from upvotes. It doesn't take many to reach the frontpage and it's a guaranteed massive increase in traffic to your product. At $40 for 50 upvotes it's hard to NOT buy upvotes for a small company trying to acquire customers.
- giraffe_lady 3y agoIt's not for people who post personally to pad their egos. It's for marketing tech products and especially new SaaS platforms, to gain initial traction or give the appearance of an established and active community around it.
- jacobwilliamroy 3y agoSome people would pay good money to make a number on a forum go up.
- tough 3y agoThey shuold try and contact the admins lmao it's just an int in a db at the end of the day