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I have witnessed obvious and systematic synthetic upvotes of HN posts. Over and over. I don't think the site has enough protections in place. Maybe have YC inv
by lysace 10mo ago
I have witnessed obvious and systematic synthetic upvotes of HN posts. Over and over. I don't think the site has enough protections in place.
Maybe have YC invest in some startups combatting this using machine learning?
(Given the focus of HN it's typically some product being pushed, though. Not a politician.)
- Nasrudith 10mo agoIt is machine learning, not machine telepathy or machine precognition. Without causality you just automate superstition.
- lysace 10mo ago[flagged]
- Noumenon72 10mo agoYou should delete the bonus content from this post too because you started with a good point that doesn't deserve to get deleted for irrelevant and confessed-intentional spam.
- lysace 10mo agoInsightful. Thank you.