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http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiratard/search?q=%2Fr%2Fconspiracy&sort=new&restrict_sr=on
Every day they obsess over our subreddit. I've seen as many as 14 links to our content in one day.
Why are they allowed to manipulate the vote here? Because it says not to in their sidebar? We all know that they do it anyway.
It also says not to troll in their sidebar, or to get involved in personal spats. But they do this daily and their mods seem to encourage it.
Why should "destructive" subreddits be allowed to exist?
/r/niggers was rightfully banned for raiding /r/blackladies, but that disgusting subreddit was allowed to exist until they crossed that line.
/r/conspiratard crosses that line every day, but the admins ignore it.
http://www.reddit.com/r/NolibsWatch/comments/1lvcnf/the_nolibs_banfest_of_2013/
One of their prominent users has had 18 accounts banned since august 21st of this year, over 50 accounts banned total. This is the kind of trash they they are allowing to grow in /r/conspiratard.
Our opinions here at /r/conspiracy might not be popular, but we don't allow vote brigades to originate from here, I remove them personally.
What else can we do? Appeal to the admins is the only thing left.
Comment by [deleted] at 04/10/2013 at 03:49 UTC
10 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by Letterbocks at 03/10/2013 at 23:02 UTC
9 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I know, man, But do you really think this is a good idea?
Sure we get brigaded, sure this is probably one of the most actively manipulated subs on reddit (that aren't mega-subs) but stickying a complain button will do us no favours. We need, if we are going to cleanse the sub (which is ultimately a bit futile) to provide concrete data of evidence of those folks messing up and brigading.
Offering a button to any reactionary but well-intentioned person who posts here will only serve to make us look like a pain in the arse to the admins.
I think you should rethink this sticky, or at least offer a proxy sub/post where we can actually find concrete evidence of brigading before bringing it to the 'bosses'.
I mean, conspiracy is a broad subject, quite often I see stuff on here and think WTF this guy is either disinfo or deluded, and I'm sure people think the same of me when I post/reply....Admin dont need a hundred posts a day of our bickering....A conscientous effort to isolate and distill the people who are taking the piss is a good idea, but opening the floodgates will not do our collective rep one bit of good. Too much noise, not enough signal.
just my 2p.
Comment by NYPD28 at 04/10/2013 at 11:48 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
There's a number of issues with this.
First and possibly most important, linking to =/= vote brigading, if that were true you run an entire subreddit whose purpose is to vote brigade people, often by name, so you wouldn't have credibility on this issue.
While it's easy to go to another subreddit and link to it, the purpose of /r/conspiratard hardly seems to be to target /r/conspiracy specifically. I just went there and there are links to other subreddits including /r/trees and /r/whiterights.
And lastly, as a mod, you should know better as to point out 1 poorly behaved person that might be at a sub and use that against an entire sub.