I think this could be against the HN rules as read in the FAQ[1], if anyone who came to the link were to upvote the post. HN penalizes these posts by not allowing them to be promoted outside of newest.<p>&gt; Can I ask people to upvote my submission?<p>&gt; No. Users should vote for a story because it&#x27;s intellectually interesting, not because someone is promoting it.<p>&gt; When the software detects a voting ring, it penalizes the post. Accounts that vote like this eventually get their votes ignored.<p>1. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newsfaq.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newsfaq.html</a>