There is, it's bad. Luckily votes aren't very crucial. | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		Scarblac 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Most RESTful APIs aren't really RESTful There is, it's bad. Luckily votes aren't very crucial.

TekMol 5 months ago [–]

Votes are crucial. HN goes to great lengths to prevent votes that do not stem from real user intent.

See this post for example:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22761897

Quotes:

"Voting ring detection has been one of HN's priorities for over 12 years"

"I've personally spent hundreds of hours working on this"

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact