[tptacek]

It is very against the rules; it's too bad, because this is neat and probably would have (in fact, probably did, given the ring detection stuff HN does behind the scenes) done fine on its own. I appreciate the gracious response and cancelled my flag on this post. But a comment pointing out vote manipulation, even if it's well-intentioned, is on topic and deserves its place on the thread.

[capableweb]

I agree with you, I think the content is also interesting, and would have upvoted it myself, if I didn't happen to come across the tweet at the very same time.

Maybe a re-submission as a "Show HN" from vjeux himself (but read the rules first https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html ) without any solicitation and see if it organically arrives to the frontpage, would be a good compromise.

[lipis]

Let's delete the Tweet and unflag it. it was an honest mistake

[capableweb]

I'm not sure where you're coming from, where soliciting for votes/likes/whatever is NOT frowned upon. Only community I can come up with is producthunt, where it used to be frowned upon but doesn't seem to be anymore.

Edit: also, missing to read the rules of community before participating doesn't seem like a honest mistake. vjeux been around for a long time and I'm sure knows how to navigate the different communities. Also since the whole "no vote rings please" thing is mentioned in 3 or more places on news.ycombinator.com.

[lipis]

The tool deserves some visibility!

[capableweb]

That's an opinion someone can hold.

In general, we let the HN community decide of what's worthy of visibility, and it worked out great so far. Let's keep it that way! :)