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Wouldn't asking friends to upvote your HN submissions count as gaming the system? I'm sure people do this regardless, but to just admit so on your blog seems a

• mixonic 15y ago
  I wouldn't call it inappropriate. It would be bad if I was creating fake accounts or something. If I'm trying to launch, I don't think reminding friends to share and talk about it online is improper. These are obviously the technical bunch of my friends and colleagues, and they won't be voting on something if they think it sucks. It's more about the timing, getting activity all at the same moment to rise above the noise.
• sp332 15y ago
  Voting rings, where a group of people upvote each other's posts all the time, are generally discouraged on forums. The behavior could lead to banning on some sites, but on HN, the behavior is automatically detected and the votes simply don't count. But asking some friends to upvote an individual post is what all HN submitters are doing anyway! That's not gaming the system.
  • john41 15y ago
    I agree completely. I mean, you can't get noticed at all initially unless a few of your friends upvote your stuff...just the way it is.