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Dupe of this exact article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37281480 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37281480 But repeats of the same basic story mak

by jsnell 3y ago

Dupe of this exact article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37281480 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37281480 But repeats of the same basic story make it to the frontpage multiple times per month: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36857506 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36857506 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35667547 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35667547 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37006174 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37006174 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35649281 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35649281 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36871178 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36871178 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35632233 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35632233 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36083380 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36083380 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36857208 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36857208 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36114532 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36114532 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36863095 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36863095

resolutebat 3y ago
Call me paranoid, but this sounds like a marketing campaign by someone who would prefer that schools didn't buy Chromebooks.
- EA-3167 3y ago
  I think it's more likely that people make note of which stories get upvotes, and then farm them.
  - joshspankit 3y ago
    I’m skeptical but the answer to “who’s upvoting them then?” seems pretty damning