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Those downvote campaigns could easily come from bots and not real users.
by Itoldmyselfso 9mo ago
Those downvote campaigns could easily come from bots and not real users.
- skygazer 9mo agoIn light of that possibility, HN's voting system is probably too rudimentary, private and zero-cost for the modern world. Now I'm not sure if it's naivete, laziness or meant to allow opaque maligned censorship.
- tremon 9mo agoMost downvote bots still appear to be observing US office hours though. There's a marked difference in voting patterns between the hours that Australia wakes up and California wakes up versus the rest of the day.