Hacker news is regularly gamed by various media promoters just like any social media site. It doesn't take a lot of votes to get to the front page as long as yo

Hacker news is regularly gamed by various media promoters just like any social media site. It doesn't take a lot of votes to get to the front page as long as you get them quickly, so 10-30 sock puppet accounts is enough to bring anything to the first page