They are not puppet accounts they are my peers and friends which I asked to upvote. All of them are real people that know mean.io and use daily or have used it

They are not puppet accounts they are my peers and friends which I asked to upvote. All of them are real people that know mean.io and use daily or have used it in the past. I am not very HN savvy and have no idea what is the right practice to promote something I've posted and that i believe is valuable. Is there some kind of guideline?