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Also, given the quality of the article in proportion to the speed at which this article was upvoted, I'm not totally sure it wasn't manipulated in some fashion.

Also, given the quality of the article in proportion to the speed at which this article was upvoted, I'm not totally sure it wasn't manipulated in some fashion. Decent advice but not worthy of being #1.

alanctgardner2 14y ago
If you look at the submitter's content, they comment very little, and they've posted almost exclusively spamming their blog posts and startup. It is a little bit suspicious.
jkuria 14y ago
I also suspect a voting ring and was surprised as well that this was the #2 article on HN. I skimmed over the sub-heads and it is full of meaningless platitudes. "Be proactive" "Be outgoing" "Dream big" ?
- adebelov 14y ago
  i am the author of this post. seriously voting ring? guys, the title of the article was "How To Meet Steve Wozniak and President" - that alone drove a ton of clicks, when people found it useful, they upvoted it! I can tell you that in a matter of 2 hours, we got around 50 votes, I suspect no more than 6 of them came from people that I know.
qq66 14y ago
Well, the company (Virool) is a company that makes your content go viral, so if this is true it's almost like credentials for their company... although shady...
- anonymouz 14y ago
  I find it a somewhat interesting contrast between the video where the Kairos society is marketed with big goals like solving the world's problems (e.g., health care is mentioned) in innovative ways, but then the actual companies often seem much less, eh, ambitious.
nostromo 14y ago
I doubt it's a coordinated effort. Most YC companies will fly to front page regardless of content because other YC founders (that obviously hang out on HN) want to see them succeed. The net effect is the same but the motive is more noble. You could call it "home court advantage." It's hard to be too upset by this. If I see a friend's startup on HN, I'm much more likely to upvote.

alanctgardner2 14y ago

If you look at the submitter's content, they comment very little, and they've posted almost exclusively spamming their blog posts and startup. It is a little bit suspicious.

jkuria 14y ago

I also suspect a voting ring and was surprised as well that this was the #2 article on HN. I skimmed over the sub-heads and it is full of meaningless platitudes. "Be proactive" "Be outgoing" "Dream big" ?

adebelov 14y ago
i am the author of this post. seriously voting ring? guys, the title of the article was "How To Meet Steve Wozniak and President" - that alone drove a ton of clicks, when people found it useful, they upvoted it! I can tell you that in a matter of 2 hours, we got around 50 votes, I suspect no more than 6 of them came from people that I know.

qq66 14y ago

Well, the company (Virool) is a company that makes your content go viral, so if this is true it's almost like credentials for their company... although shady...

anonymouz 14y ago
I find it a somewhat interesting contrast between the video where the Kairos society is marketed with big goals like solving the world's problems (e.g., health care is mentioned) in innovative ways, but then the actual companies often seem much less, eh, ambitious.

nostromo 14y ago

I doubt it's a coordinated effort. Most YC companies will fly to front page regardless of content because other YC founders (that obviously hang out on HN) want to see them succeed. The net effect is the same but the motive is more noble. You could call it "home court advantage." It's hard to be too upset by this. If I see a friend's startup on HN, I'm much more likely to upvote.