> One popular "trick" for obfuscating voting manipulation on Hacker News is to link to the Hacker News's /newest page of new submissions (instead of a direct link which would otherwise make voting manipulation obvious), and asking friends to upvote the submission from that page. This trick doesn't actually work.
How does this not work? I am failing to see how legit people visiting new can be distinguished between people who are told to go to new and search for {{$title}} and upvote.
I noticed that too. The voting ring detector may only use the landing page component as a part of the overall algorithm? Other factors likely include the time since posting and common shared upvotes?
How does this not work? I am failing to see how legit people visiting new can be distinguished between people who are told to go to new and search for {{$title}} and upvote.