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Re:Ellen Pao Is Stepping Down as Reddit’s Chief by mistermann on Saturday July 11, 2015 @05:00PM (#9871549)
Relevant:

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoParticipation/wiki/intro

Then go here and click some links - notice anything?

https://www.reddit.com/r/shitredditsays

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Re:Ellen Pao Is Stepping Down as Reddit’s Chief by dredmorbius on Sunday July 12, 2015 @05:34AM (#9873013)
Um. So, SRS presents the up arrow as down arrow, and scores as negative, via its subreddit CSS.

I believe that tends to violate site rules.

Ah, here's where the change was proposed: https://www.reddit.com/r/ShitRedditSays/comments/p0yaf/meta_...

Seems like this is vote manipulation

https://www.reddit.com/wiki/faq#wiki_what_constitutes_vote_c...

"Don't edit the CSS of your subreddit to willfully mislead users."

https://www.reddit.com/wiki/faq#wiki_what_constitutes_vote_c...

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