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Life & fun · March 23, 2012

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This up votes itself

This up votes itself launched on March 23, 2012 with 3,531 votes, #1 of 340 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches.

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This is a humorous project that launched on Hacker News in March 2012. It's designed as a joke about self-promotion and voting manipulation, demonstrating a concept that automatically upvotes itself. While not a practical tool for real use, it serves as commentary on how online voting systems can be gamed. It's aimed at programmers and internet enthusiasts who appreciate clever technical humor.

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