Sadeghpour: Soliciting email lists for Hacker News upvotes causes bans
Owen Sadeghpour · 721: 543 Upvotes Got Him on HackerNews Front Page · Jul 15, 2017 · at 6:43
Nathan Latka asks YouExec founder Owen Sadeghpour if he seeded upvotes for his viral article by emailing his subscriber list.
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“Because if you do that, you will inevitably get banned, and that doesn't go with the culture of Hacker News.”
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