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[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (10 children)

I'm removing this because it immediately got so 5 astroturf votes in 20 minutes of posting, we don't allow astroturfing on saidit

[–]LarrySwinger2[S] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

I didn't immediately think it was astroturf either. I'll say that when I post a joke, I give it a boost by immediately voting it fun in addition to the default insightful vote. Combined with the low age, this makes the algorithm rank it quite high (I saw it on #7 or so straight away), but this effect is counteracted if there isn't a stream of upvotes. But a post like this is easy to consume and invites quick upvotes, so those could all be authentic. Will you consider undeleting it? I think a bit of banter about the situation will do us all good.

Edit: or maybe wait a little while until the astroturf votes lose their significance, and then undelete?

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I checked who voted on it. It was not organic, it was obviously-named accounts used for astroturfing that I've been deleting for weeks. Only organic votes were you and timmy.

[–]LarrySwinger2[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Right, I saw your other post just now. I suspect you missed my edit. Could you wait a little while until the astroturf votes lose their significance, and then undelete?

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Sure I will unremove it later

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

Maybe there were 5 people looking at it. I know I was. Saddit is pretty popular.

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

No I looked up the usernames, you were the only other one that wasn't an obvious astroturf account. Sorry

[–]mongre 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Achem.... My reply was removed.

Why?

[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

what reply, I see nothing removed in this thread

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Well, I voted for it.

cc /u/LarrySwinger2