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It's mostly by the employees of the respective companies themselves. I once was working in a company (now a popular help desk company, famous within HN circles
by bs1011 12y ago
It's mostly by the employees of the respective companies themselves. I once was working in a company (now a popular help desk company, famous within HN circles even) where the co/founder called up a few of his employees to downvote a comment that raised a serious but negative tone about his company. And all the employees were smart enough to use proxies to downvote the comment into oblivion. So, always think twice if it's worth losing your karma in a fixed game.
- ObviousScience 12y ago> So, always think twice if it's worth losing your karma in a fixed game. Or I could refuse to accept the premise internet points are important and realize that downvotes aren't a reliable indication of post quality. I'm certainly not going to be bullied by companies in to being quiet because they might take away some of my internet points.
- iaw 12y agoI value my precious internet points and feel emotionally hurt with every down vote.
- mattgreenrocks 12y agoThe year is 2014: anxious business owners obsess over Internet Points! How do I get more, they ask? Please RT.
- dzhiurgis 12y agoIsn't gaining karma also a fixed game?
- daeken 12y agoThat's absolutely ridiculous. I'm not saying that employees of a company won't downvote negative comments, but they're a tiny, tiny, tiny minority. As in, I'd put any amount of money on <1% of downvotes related to Apple or Tesla coming from employees of those companies.
- regularfry 12y agoYeah, but if you can trigger a pile-on feedback loop, it could be enough.
- dpark 12y ago> It's mostly by the employees of the respective companies themselves Your anecdote is insufficient to support this claim. One example does not make this a common practice.