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Gaming the system, well done. The reason this works is that there is no punishment for stories that no one cares about. You could literally submit the internet
by mparlane 14y ago
Gaming the system, well done. The reason this works is that there is no punishment for stories that no one cares about.
You could literally submit the internet as it was created to HN and all you get are points.
- dbaupp 14y agoYou also get banned.
- benologist 14y agoApparently not. http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=iProject http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=iProject http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=evo_9 http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=evo_9
- mparlane 14y agoIs it right to assume that you are a mod based on the fact that you have no down arrow? edit: Ah, thanks benologist :)
- benologist 14y agoYou can't downvote direct replies to yourself.
- aristidb 14y agoAnd the consequence of that is that the "new" page is less and less interesting. Perhaps submissions should indeed have a "karma cost". Perhaps only if you submit more than once a month or so.