> It is common practice to give yourself a few upvotes in the early minutes after a post so we did. [...] Then however, we made a rookie mistake.
Perhaps it's useful in other sites, but each site has it's own uses and customs. I'll quote partially a few comments from dang (read the complete version in the links):
> It is common practice to give yourself a few upvotes in the early minutes after a post so we did. [...] Then however, we made a rookie mistake.
Perhaps it's useful in other sites, but each site has it's own uses and customs. I'll quote partially a few comments from dang (read the complete version in the links):
* Sockpuppet votes and comments aren't allowed on HN. [...]— it's bad for HN and gets accounts flagged and/or banned. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9672368
* We ban sites for repeated sockpuppet voting. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9834751
* Votes and comments for promotional reasons are against HN's rules and tend to get accounts and sites banned. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9853578