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[Ethan]

On Tuesday, 28 April 2020 at 14:30:57 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
> The current HN rules state: "Don't solicit upvotes, comments, 
> or submissions." I don't know if they've changed the rules over 
> time, but it used to mean that if you posted something on a 
> forum so that everyone would vote for it, the post would be 
> deleted or pushed off the front page.

So I guess Walter explicitly calling out voting as a reason he 
doesn't link the article itself qualifies as soliciting votes? It 
certainly makes it hard to argue that isn't the case.

I didn't even know voting was an intended thing until I mentioned 
it on IRC and in here. And my response there is still my stance:

14:28 <GooberMan> irrelevant if it drops off the front page in an 
hour's time anyway
14:28 <GooberMan> take a screenshot if you have to, linking to 
the front page is pointless for timespans of longer than a few 
hours

(Article is at #4 currently, seen it go down past #10 since this 
thread started)