"When is gaming actually cheating?" Honesty, cheating etc. is defined in relation to what one's behavior is that is making the judgement. Someone who crosses a

"When is gaming actually cheating?" Honesty, cheating etc. is defined in relation to what one's behavior is that is making the judgement. Someone who crosses a line that you wouldn't cross is viewed as a cheat. Someone who doesn't even do something that you would do is viewed as being "honest". (Religion also works this way you tend to view people in terms of what you yourself do.) Nothing that you are doing to me appears to be cheating. "then I pounce with an upvote, giving it a second vote" One of the things I've noticed is that the posting of the same link someone else has posted will also increase by 1 vote. So if you post your own link and then someone sees it (not by way of HN) and hits "submit" and it's been posted it will increase by 1 vote. I've see several things that I've submitted go up in value because others see them after and submit the same link (and there is no discussion and it didn't make page 1 or 2.)