That seems a little wrong - I can just spam uninteresting, yet topical things to HN, and no negative consequences accrue? People will see the headline at least, maybe click on the article. I get the clicks every time, and I get to maybe repeat a Big Lie over and over, which will help my goal of framing the discussion my way.

But thanks for the correction! I appreciate it.

There are other mechanisms that handle things like spamming and even copycat links.