We reserve the right to kill accounts we detect using such things.

Thank you.

I see no need for people to automate and integrate to the point of absurdity.

Meh. I don't want HN to be like reddit. For one thing, we already have reddit. For another thing, it's been overrun by the snarky eternal September hordes.

For those who don't know what eternal September is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September

OK, we get it, you're smart. So smart that you can do something like this.

Using your intelligence to help yourself at the expense of others is stupid.

Using it to improve your life by helping others, now that's smart.

Let's hear a little more about that, please.

Spoken like a true philanthropist...

It may just be me, but what is the point of that???

I think the reddit vote hide command is actually legitimate. I think reddit should provide something like that so you can say things like "I don't want to see anything about Sarah Palin".

I know that's what the recommendation engine is supposed to accomplish, but it doesn't work all that well.

A productivity tool for extreme procrastination. Nice.

Now I'm going to RegEx my voting?

This is an awful idea.

Next up: The script to submit the same story to all sites and have your botnet vote it up.

Shortly followed by all sites being the same, as determined by the lowest common denominator.

You're not thinking like an avant-garde social personal active markerting entrepreneur, you don't need a botnet you just steal visitor cookies as you go along...make it so every visitor votes for you.

//really hoping I didn't just give someone an idea.

I bet that script already exists.

It does.