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		amoorthy on Nov 16, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I Found the Best Burger Place in America, Then I K... Fascinating. Are you certain of this or is this conjecture? Feels like this could be exploited if true. Maybe it's more sophisticated like votes must be from people with high karma points?

Fuzzwah on Nov 16, 2018 [–]

It can definitely be gamed. I always used to notice links to the nautilus science site would instantly get 6 or so upvotes. While pondering this was when I realised they were YC backed, and stopped wondering if they'd get called out on it....

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