Why should I have a voting ring? If the situation would have been reversed would it be ok with you if I accused you of having a voting ring? I don't think so.
If there is anybody on HN that has an aversion against voting rings it probably is me, and I wouldn't ever stoop so low as to cheat on something as silly as a conversation on a website (or anywhere else for that matter).
Whoever voted for me is free to step forward, I swear I haven't a clue who voted me up and you down.
edit: This sort of ticks me off by the way, within two days I first get this character calling me a troll: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1556756 , now I have a voting ring? Way to go).
It wasn't me, but if you up-/downvote because you agree/disagree with someone, it's hardly surprising that you'd upvote one guy's posts and downvote the other. Really, there's no need to stipulate a voting ring here. (And adding one point to a comment is pointless, anyway; you'd use a voting ring to get submissions to the front page.)
If there is anybody on HN that has an aversion against voting rings it probably is me, and I wouldn't ever stoop so low as to cheat on something as silly as a conversation on a website (or anywhere else for that matter).
Whoever voted for me is free to step forward, I swear I haven't a clue who voted me up and you down.
edit: This sort of ticks me off by the way, within two days I first get this character calling me a troll: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1556756 , now I have a voting ring? Way to go).
edit2: and if I had a voting ring my posting http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1560732 would not be stuck at 3 votes ;)