Yeah. There's also a difference when it comes to what you're posting. If I post Random Link To an Article I Found Online, I don't bother asking any of my friends to upvote. If I post Ask HN: Review My Startup That Will Make Me Millions, I really want to make sure that gets seen so I get plenty of insight, so I'll either ask 1 or 2 of my friends to or tweet the link to the HN discussion, knowing that only 3 or 4 of my followers even have HN accounts that they've used enough for their votes to count, so I'm not gaming the system to a ridiculous degree.