This is a very valid point. I have always wanted to do a study of articles submitted to HN that are blocked by the major corporate firewall companies and wonde

This is a very valid point. I have always wanted to do a study of articles submitted to HN that are blocked by the major corporate firewall companies and wonder if they get more artificial upvotes. I think this article might make the research valid since it's a known blogging platform and is probably automatically blocked.