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Re:Tesla: Introducing Autopilot and Dual Motor All Wheel Drive by bs1011 on Friday October 10, 2014 @03:14AM (#8436603)
It's mostly by the employees of the respective companies themselves. I once was working in a company (now a popular help desk company, famous within HN circles even) where the co/founder called up a few of his employees to downvote a comment that raised a serious but negative tone about his company. And all the employees were smart enough to use proxies to downvote the comment into oblivion. So, always think twice if it's worth losing your karma in a fixed game.
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Re:Tesla: Introducing Autopilot and Dual Motor All Wheel Drive by ObviousScience on Friday October 10, 2014 @03:48AM (#8436675)
> So, always think twice if it's worth losing your karma in a fixed game.

Or I could refuse to accept the premise internet points are important and realize that downvotes aren't a reliable indication of post quality.

I'm certainly not going to be bullied by companies in to being quiet because they might take away some of my internet points.

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Re:Tesla: Introducing Autopilot and Dual Motor All Wheel Drive by iaw on Friday October 10, 2014 @04:53AM (#8436821)
I value my precious internet points and feel emotionally hurt with every down vote.
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Re:Tesla: Introducing Autopilot and Dual Motor All Wheel Drive by mattgreenrocks on Friday October 10, 2014 @10:03AM (#8437696)
The year is 2014: anxious business owners obsess over Internet Points! How do I get more, they ask?

Please RT.

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Re:Tesla: Introducing Autopilot and Dual Motor All Wheel Drive by daeken on Friday October 10, 2014 @04:18AM (#8436743)
That's absolutely ridiculous. I'm not saying that employees of a company won't downvote negative comments, but they're a tiny, tiny, tiny minority. As in, I'd put any amount of money on <1% of downvotes related to Apple or Tesla coming from employees of those companies.
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Re:Tesla: Introducing Autopilot and Dual Motor All Wheel Drive by regularfry on Friday October 10, 2014 @04:41AM (#8436791)
Yeah, but if you can trigger a pile-on feedback loop, it could be enough.
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Re:Tesla: Introducing Autopilot and Dual Motor All Wheel Drive by dpark on Friday October 10, 2014 @10:45AM (#8437953)
> It's mostly by the employees of the respective companies themselves

Your anecdote is insufficient to support this claim. One example does not make this a common practice.

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Re:Tesla: Introducing Autopilot and Dual Motor All Wheel Drive by dzhiurgis on Friday October 10, 2014 @04:06AM (#8436711)
Isn't gaining karma also a fixed game?
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