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View submission: Out with 2016, in with 2017
Sounds about right. The_Donald is pretty weird, but it's distasteful that admins are approaching them like this.
Comment by inquisiturient at 25/01/2017 at 18:46 UTC
0 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I think the rules that target t_d are more as a placeholder to prevent abuse until a better system is found. They are actively tweaking the frontpage and algorithms as it is, but with each new change (such as stickied posts) t_d abused it.
If another sub did it to the extend that t_d did, after being reprimanded for the behavior, they would likely have to extend the rules to encompass that sub.
Basically, there was a need to fix the issue and they did a hotfix.
Comment by ThatDamnWalrus at 25/01/2017 at 18:44 UTC
11 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Its disgraceful to the original idea of reddit.