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Re:Chinese Government Fabricates Social Media Posts for Stra... by alexandercrohde on Friday May 18, 2018 @07:47PM (#17105787)
> And I systematically see posts buried which otherwise would not have been.

I'm skeptical that mods are deliberating burying such posts. What can happen is

1 - it gets flagged then vouched, but still has a huge karma hit. This happened to all the Damore discussions.

2 - it has a much greater ratio of comments to upvotes. This is taken as a marker of bickering and leads to penalization

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Re:Chinese Government Fabricates Social Media Posts for Stra... by nothrabannosir on Saturday May 19, 2018 @06:23AM (#17107300)
I see the confusion, my apologies; I was referring to moderation of comments by users. This is very susceptible to astroturfing and manipulation, as discussed elsewhere in this thread.
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