Re:New Y Combinator Website
by dang on Wednesday July 02, 2014 @03:39AM
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> Wouldn't that have the same effect as a voting ring?
Perhaps, but those votes are caught by the ring detector the same as others, and the same penalties are applied.
It may interest you to know that when PG added the orange name thing, he also added a page showing stories submitted by YC founders. That really did have the same effect as a voting ring—which wasn't the intent, so he got rid of it. (This has also been discussed on HN in the past, btw.)
Perhaps, but those votes are caught by the ring detector the same as others, and the same penalties are applied.
It may interest you to know that when PG added the orange name thing, he also added a page showing stories submitted by YC founders. That really did have the same effect as a voting ring—which wasn't the intent, so he got rid of it. (This has also been discussed on HN in the past, btw.)