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Both self upvote and creating X accounts are form of manipulation. If vote manipulation is bad, then why r u ok with artifical increase of users? Artifical use
by hardware2win 3y ago
Both self upvote and creating X accounts are form of manipulation. If vote manipulation is bad, then why r u ok with artifical increase of users?
Artifical users on dating apps are OK?
>The site is literally called Hacker News and it was built from the start to be a community of current/potential startup founders.
Im aware, so thats why probably ppl here are ok with those manipulative practices used to bootstrap.
- tomhoward 3y agoI've addressed these questions in several other comments in the thread. To repeat: no laws/rules of any kind were broken. Nobody was harmed. Nobody who was a user of the site in those days has complained of feeling deceived. It's a funny, playful thing to do with zero harm done. I like funny, playful things. The only people who care about this are people who like to finger-wag. Knock yourself out if that's what you like to do.
- hardware2win 3y agoThis is similar to buying fake traffic or reviews, it is just manipulation.
- tomhoward 3y agoNo, it’s entirely different. You’re picking things that are clearly fraudulent and asserting an equivalency, without basis or examination. Reddit’s practice was a simulation of activity to see what kind of activity was engaging. Nobody was defrauded or harmed and no legal or moral rules were breached. This comment commits the beg-the-question fallacy of assuming the conclusion (fraud/moral breach) in its argumentation. I understand that people have a need to believe that behind every fortune lies a great crime [1], but this is not the smoking gun people are looking for. [1] https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/09/09/fortune-crime/?amp=1 https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/09/09/fortune-crime/?amp=...