Wow, does that even work - I just assumed that HN was too small a community for misbehaviour to be lost in the noise.
Would love to hear moderators opinions on this?
Would love to hear moderators opinions on this?
The bigger problem - in my opinion - is people submitting (unwittingly) content cloned from elsewhere.
There is quite a bit of blogspam that makes it to the front page. Usually even that is taken care of sooner rather than later but for every time it works there is proof that it can work which will drive more people to try to get away with it. We can all help with this issue: ensure that we submit content from original sources and in case content from a cloned source is submitted flag the article and point to the original.
It sure would be nice if there was a way to add a comment to explain why one has flagged an article, so the moderators don't have to guess why it was flagged! As it is, I occasionally add an explanation in a comment or direct email, but it always feels awkward.
It is quite obvious when companies who think these sites are relevant for their social media is featured. Suddenly a whole lot of upvotes comes along. Make of that what you will. Personally I think it is naive to believe that any open community is free from bought votes.
tl;dr numbers: 15,000+ unique visitors, 25,000+ page views
https://levels.io/hacker-news-number-one/
And here's a thread from 2016 where users chime in with their results.
tl;dr numbers: A #2 or #3 ranking was about 50k-75k pageviews.
one could do the math to figure out how they came up with this $2 / upvote price - i presume it's the equivalent of paying google for the same amount of traffic.