[ridruejo]

I’m surprised how this can be number one on HN with 4 votes and no comments (regardless of merit or not of the content)

[kuboble]

Looking at the past submissions it seems to be weighted by how fast it accumulates those up votes. It's already at 10 when I wrote this reply and likely more when I click 'reply'.

[adamnemecek]

4 upvotes in like 5 minutes is actually a lot. Particularly on a Friday night, close to midnight.

[muragekibicho]

I won't be surprised if moderator bias is in play. I saw 15 upvotes in 15 minutes. This post is planted at 1st position.

[supriyo-biswas]

I've often suspected that there are many voting rings on here, another time a Youtube video downloader hit the front page.

I did inform the mods about the issue but they said that there wasn't any suspicious voting on that topic, though I do find that conclusion somewhat questionable since it's easy to create loads of accounts on here.