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HN needs less cynicism, not more.

• SoftwareMaven 14y ago
  But all of the intelligentsia are cynical, therefore, to appear to be part of it, one must be cynical. Constructive criticism is so passé.
  • jiggy2011 14y ago
    Of course, I got about twice as much karma for the GP comment than I have for posting actual useful stuff.
• moistgorilla 14y ago
  I took it more as an absurd joke... I don't think he was seriously suggesting that someone would do this.
  • dspillett 14y ago
    > I don't think he was seriously suggesting that someone would do this. Somebody will do this at some point I'm sure. Such tricks go on everywhere were user voting affects the position of a post in a given site/area, and following people using the trick you will get others trying to claim kudos for having come up with it in the first place.