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Hi, author here. I don't do that. I think I even mention in the post that I don't bother with vote-ringing on HN because I think HN's algos are pretty sophisticated on this front. Plus, HN hellbans a lot for a lot of reasons, so any type of manipulation is extremely risky.

Also, I generally write enough stuff that I don't need any one particular post to succeed, but keeping my domain off any "blacklists" is very important to me. Vote manipulation would be a very, very bad decision for me.

> I don't bother with vote-ringing on HN because I think HN's algos are pretty sophisticated on this front.

I think the right answer should be that you don't do vote manipulation because it's deceitful and unethical. Your argument here is basically "because I can't get away with it". :(

What HN considers "vote-ringing" is posting on Twitter and saying, "Hey friends, can you vote for this?" Not exactly a crime against humanity.

Huh? Nate is one of most genuine, helpful folks in the industry.

Did you read the post? Nate actually mentions not to do this in the post and why.