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what /newest trick? do upvotes count for more if they're made from the new page rather than the front page? (and if so, does it track state when you click throu
by zem 11y ago
what /newest trick? do upvotes count for more if they're made from the new page rather than the front page? (and if so, does it track state when you click through to the comment page first, then open the article in a new tab, read it, and then upvote from the comment page?)
- minimaxir 11y agoThe inverse: upvotes are penalized if the voter comes from a direct link from a non-HN source (e.g. Twitter), so people direct others to vote via /newest.
- thedufer 11y agoInteresting. How smart are they about this? My HN flow involves always voting from the comments page, even though I got there from the front page or /newest. Does that mean I'm triggering the penalty?
- minimaxir 11y agoEdited parent post for clarity. Anecdotally, new accounts are penalized too even if they vote from /newest (to prevent blatant vote manipulation via sock puppets)
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- talmand 11y agoSo, I see a submission I think is interesting and direct link it from my Twitter account; the submission is penalized on every upvote it receives through my link? That just seems like a silly thing to do. Especially since there's an obvious way around it.
- wodenokoto 11y agoWouldn't you in that case link directly to the article and not the comments section?
- talmand 11y agoNot if I wanted to get people to engage in the discussion about the submission. Most of the time I'm just as or more interested in the discussion than the article. It's why I participate instead of using HN as a news feed.