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		herendin on May 15, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Updn – HN/Reddit-style site where stories... I wonder if it would be an effective gaming strategy to build momentum for my posts by upvoting them myself, and hope to reap a profit when other people add their votes

ZirconCode on May 15, 2014 | [–]

I have the feeling that it would become a cesspool of such and similar strategies.

elwell on May 15, 2014 | | [–]

Yes, it could all boil down to an instance of Adsense.

aaron-lebo on May 15, 2014 | [–]

I suspect it would. Something like this in practice would need some kind of deterrent for that and other scamming.

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