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Re:Ask HN: How exactly does Hacker News 'points' work? by lostInTheWoods3 on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @10:00AM (#7809905)
Obfuscation of the rules is clearly a key component of the voting system on HN. The less we know about the rules, the less we can game the system.
Re:Ask HN: How exactly does Hacker News 'points' work? by moonlighter on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @01:28PM (#7811601)
Sounds somewhat like security by obscurity...