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Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by StavrosK on Thursday May 14, 2020 @08:43AM (#23178753)
Moderators can't get posts up, they can only take them down.
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Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by 0x00000000 on Thursday May 14, 2020 @01:10PM (#23182214)
It is a known fact that gallowboob will repeatedly repost and delete something over and over while deleting competing posts until his gains traction
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Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by elliekelly on Thursday May 14, 2020 @10:12AM (#23179741)
They can pin posts to the top of the subreddit though can’t they? I have to imagine that increases post traffic/upvotes/interaction.
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Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by StavrosK on Thursday May 14, 2020 @10:38AM (#23180074)
Yes, but I've never seen this done for normal posts, just rule announcements and such.
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Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by bitxbitxbitcoin on Thursday May 14, 2020 @11:21AM (#23180606)
Speaking from experience as a Redditor and Reddit mod, it does happen - just some subs are more diligent about avoiding shills than others.
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Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by StavrosK on Thursday May 14, 2020 @11:23AM (#23180635)
Huh, I have the same experience and we never did it on my subreddits (and I rarely saw it, but I usually browse /r/all)...
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