Re:EC2's most dangerous feature
by jacques_chester on Sunday October 09, 2016 @09:40AM
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> Yes, there's definitely a script at work.
Presumably to farm karma for some other purpose.
I once observed that everything that shows up here eventually shows up in a particular cluster of subreddits and vice versa. Usually with a lag of 24-48 hours.
I half-jokingly floated the idea that one could write a karma arbitrageur bot which cross posts between HN and those subreddits.
I was told that I would be banned. Not just the bot: me.
Presumably to farm karma for some other purpose.
I once observed that everything that shows up here eventually shows up in a particular cluster of subreddits and vice versa. Usually with a lag of 24-48 hours.
I half-jokingly floated the idea that one could write a karma arbitrageur bot which cross posts between HN and those subreddits.
I was told that I would be banned. Not just the bot: me.