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I think you can ethically ask your friends to vote up your stories, as long as they actually have accounts used for more than voting up your stories. It would b
by chris11 18y ago
I think you can ethically ask your friends to vote up your stories, as long as they actually have accounts used for more than voting up your stories. It would be like asking your school friends to vote for you if you were running for a school office.
I'm just not sure how comfortable I am with users politicizing the voting process. At least spam and most fluff seems to be taken care of quickly, so it isn't really a problem.
- rms 18y agoIt's not really unethical, but it is generally frowned upon to have your friends vote up stories. There is a slippery slope with asking your friends to vote up stories; that is basically how digg works. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=196778 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=196778
- chris11 18y agoI'm sure I would not find out from a moderator, but the math for detecting voting rings sounds really interesting.