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How about /r/bestof? They brigade too, but it's usually an upvote brigade. Should that be allowed? (genuine question)
Comment by senatorskeletor at 06/07/2015 at 19:11 UTC
38 upvotes, 0 direct replies
/r/bestof has a lot of "great response to an ignorant comment about..." types of posts, which can cause downvote brigades to the poor soul with the unpopular view.
Comment by [deleted] at 06/07/2015 at 18:26 UTC
1161 upvotes, 7 direct replies
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Comment by hoodwink77 at 06/07/2015 at 18:33 UTC
89 upvotes, 1 direct replies
A few days back there was a no participation link to a week old thread with few comments. Suddenly it's getting posts added.
Srd makes attempts to put a stop to popcorn pissing. Best of is almost no holds barred.
Comment by MundiMori at 06/07/2015 at 19:48 UTC
6 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Genuine question, why on a content sharing site, are we discouraged from sharing content by calling it "brigading"? Why not just let people vote how they will, and stop making it into this farcical war between subs?
Comment by [deleted] at 06/07/2015 at 19:23 UTC
13 upvotes, 0 direct replies
They really are the only ones worth banning. SRS brigades get like 10-20 votes max, SRD gets quite a bit more (but they have rules and enforce them, I mean you can't stop everyone), but bestof is just insane.
Comment by CaptnRonn at 06/07/2015 at 18:41 UTC
15 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I think it applies to bestof as much as it does to SRS. As long as other subs get busted for brigading, they should be held to the same rules.
Comment by twersx at 06/07/2015 at 20:28 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
bestof users buy 10 reddit golds a day, the admins don't care at all.
Comment by digital_end at 06/07/2015 at 18:52 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Yes, they should be banned if it's not controlled or if it is encouraged. SRS actively encourages it.
Honestly this is just another example of a mod tool which is needed to prevent a behavior. There needs to be a way for a subreddit to link another subreddit automatically without linking to the actual thread.
There are tools for example that takes screenshots of the thread and link the screen shot instead. Something like that integrated into the client would definitely help and make people who brigade take extra steps. The minority of people who would continue to brigade could be addressed by having the system identify them and track the behavior.
Comment by payne6 at 06/07/2015 at 20:02 UTC
8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Well no because /r/srs is literally femahitler. Honestly /r/bestof is the worst brigade of all time. Someone could have a completely different but valid opinion of the post doesn't matter downvoted to the ground.
Comment by ViggoMiles at 07/07/2015 at 17:56 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
... That's actually against the rules as vote manipulation. This harassment mumbo-jumbo pretend definition still isn't there.
Comment by kfpswf at 06/07/2015 at 19:59 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Nope, shouldn't be allowed.
Comment by [deleted] at 06/07/2015 at 18:53 UTC
8 upvotes, 1 direct replies
They brigade much worse tbh. This isn't about "brigading", it's about redditors hating SRS.
Comment by m00nh34d at 07/07/2015 at 04:16 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I'd also argue /r/all. A great example would be if you have a view that's quite popular within your local sub, but not popular across the wider site, you can get decimated just for expressing your (usually popular) opinions. (A great example of this is gun control, which is popular within country specific subs, that support gun control, but the wider reddit community, seems to be against)
Comment by [deleted] at 07/07/2015 at 03:00 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Tbh if you follow a link in this sub and it goes to recently viewed then if you vote in a thread that a recently viewed links to you should have a hold put on your account. Reddit is ban or not ban which is stupid.
Comment by shaving_grapes at 06/07/2015 at 19:35 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I think NP links are a waste of time in the first place, but since we have them, it should be default everywhere.
Anyway, no, /r/bestof will not be subjected to that rule because it generates a lot of gold purely because people link to and vote on comments in other subreddits
Comment by Gark32 at 06/07/2015 at 19:02 UTC
5 upvotes, 2 direct replies
bestof uses NP links.
Comment by LukaCola at 06/07/2015 at 19:12 UTC
-1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I don't think the admins care as much about upvotes and downvotes as they do systemic, targeted, and continued harassment of people
That's why FPH was banned, not simply over brigading
Comment by TyCooper8 at 06/07/2015 at 21:21 UTC
0 upvotes, 0 direct replies
To be fair, they aren't *supposed* to do that. All links are 'np' links but that can easily be edited by the user, so it doesn't stop anyone. Basically they just need a better way to enforce no participation links.