So wouldn't this be trivially defeated by not always posting as the same user? If you control N users, then to promote a story: 1. Pick U out of N. Submit the

So wouldn't this be trivially defeated by not always posting as the same user? If you control N users, then to promote a story: 1. Pick U out of N. Submit the story as U. 2. Pick [U1, U2...UX] out of N, and upvote the story enough to carry it to the front page. Let the random front page upvotes do the rest. 3. ... 4. Profit. Also, why not write a bot that randomly upvotes stores for your N controlled users (presumably, they are not real people)?