Is asking your friends to vote your HN postings to the front page ok?
prodigal_erik: In an attention economy, this is shoplifting. An upvote should mean "I genuinely think this is interesting and worth reading". If I can manipulate you into upvoting for any other reason, that's scarcely better than cracking your account and pushing the button myself.I want "how marketing works" to remain on topic here, but why must that always attract the unscrupulous?