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View submission: Introducing r/popular
By removing some of the most frequent/popular subreddits, it gives every other subreddit still included an easier time getting to the top of the page.
If you enter a race then remove several of the fastest runners, your likelihood of winning increases.
Comment by Mars_Ursa at 16/02/2017 at 16:44 UTC
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But we are already aware that Reddit runs algorithms in the background that determine what content has the ability to reach the front page anyway. They only allow what they want to reach the front page, now it'll be an even more narrow list of subs that can even compete.