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Oh FFS, did you even read the link!? Here, the last bullet point:

> Forming or joining a group that votes together, either on a specific post, a user's posts, posts from a domain, etc.

That perfectly describes what was going on with moderators leading the mob by stickying dozens of posts per day, directing them towards their brigading targets.

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So every sub is vote manipulating by nature of being a group that votes together on specific posts? I see. Don't break the site from the sidebar would have been a better option.

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his internet-ego depends on his not understanding it."

If you refuse to see the distinction between vote-manipulation and organic vote behavior, then I think we're done here.

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his internet-ego depends on his not understanding it."

If you refuse to see that I simply disagree with the fact their stickying constitutes vote-manipulation, and assume I'm arguing in bad faith because I don't hold the same viewpoint as you, then I think we're done here.

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