Thanks for responding. I wonder if we just have too many friends on HN? We are not asking people to vote. Hmm....

I didn't tell anyone about today's post, although we did tweet about it. Maybe getting too many votes in a short period did it? Or is it the relationships of the voters to my account (e.g. some of the voters have voted for my posts in the past?).

Next post I'll try radio silence on all channels except HN. Will creating a new account help?

Now in a weird position where I need to actively communicate to people not to vote for our pieces... hmm....