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[–]jjdub7TERF (Trans Exterminating Reactionary Fascist) 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Mostly with up and down votes to get things on the front page.

Oh, most definitely. Particularly salient given that among social media and forum sites, Reddit has one of the lowest barriers to account creation (hence the throwaway account phenomenon). It became very, very obvious especially when the nagging TRA or two would "brigade" r/AskGayBros - you'd see odd behaviors like exactly -60 downvotes on several critical replies within a short timespan (10-15 min) to create the impression of a plurality (on a gay mens' forum, positing Boxer Ceiling bullshite and the like). Textbook astroturfing.

The real question is - how much of an absolute fucking loser do you have to be to go through and manually (IIRC there's a captcha) create 60+ burner accounts just to amplify your shitty arguments?