[sgdread]

I really like the idea. However, let's think about abuse patterns: what prevents CEO agency from creating 1k t2.micro instances and clicking upvote for a link of interest and downvote all the competitors?

[brentadamson]

What prevents their competitor from downvoting them? The rate limit applies equally to everyone.

EDIT: The scoring function can also be customized. https://github.com/jivesearch/jivesearch/blob/master/search/...

[jakear]

The local mom and pop shop aren’t going to be able to compete with Walmart. This only works if both entities have similar technical and financial status.

[brentadamson]

But there's an army of users that will ultimately decide.

[hyperpape]

There's a lot fewer users than there will be bots.

[username3]

Use Stack Overflow’s voting system.

[hyperpape]

What's your reputation, and how does that work with not tracking you?