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Re:Tailscale has reached general availability by toomuchtodo on Thursday April 02, 2020 @11:54AM (#22760350)
> Can I ask people to upvote my submission? [1]

> No. Users should vote for a story because they personally find it intellectually interesting, not because someone has content to promote. HN's software penalizes submissions, accounts, and sites that break this rule, so please don't.

"A "voting ring" is when people get friends to upvote their stuff. This is against the rules. We want stories to be on HN because they're good, not because they were promoted." [2]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7543910

Re:Tailscale has reached general availability by eloff on Thursday April 02, 2020 @12:03PM (#22760453)
Yep, too bad not everyone follows the rules. It's the same with everything that can be gamed from search results to taxes.