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Not that it relates to the article (the blackout is a very transparent action) but I agree. The manipulation of content to the front page and /r/all is more and more blatant and without repercussion. And more and more subreddits are becoming "safe spaces" where challenging a narrative gets you banned - See /r/conservative, /r/LateStageCapitalism, /r/OurPresident, /r/BlackPeopleTwitter, etc.

The refrain of "just create your own subreddit" is not practical to combat the indoctrination being manipulated to the top by these orgs. IIRC commondreams.org is behind the /r/AOC and /r/MurderedByAOC subreddits entirely.

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| commondreams.org is behind the /r/AOC and /r/MurderedByAOC subreddits entirely.

Do you have evidence of that?

Not at the moment, no. I recall reading it on another reddit and being sufficiently convinced, for what that is worth.

The mod of those subs is /u/IrlOurPresident, and the submissions are restricted to pretty much only that account. That is where to start to trace down the claim.

| for what that is worth.

Not much.

| That is where to start to trace down the claim.

I can't find any link between that user and commondreams.

Just noticed it's L, like /Lrlourpresident (because the I account got banned).

And look at the submissions, and the vote count of submissions. I do not have the comments I read several weeks ago available, but in my many years on reddit, I have no doubt there is clear vote manipulation occurring.

inb4 "those are different things", I know.

| Lrlourpresident

That's what I looked for. You should have better evidence than a highly active user in a restricted access subreddit before making an assertion like that. Especially considering how wildly popular AOC is, I don't see any evidence of manipulation.

Your instinct to shit on a lack of evidence is blinding you to the nevertheless present strong circumstantial evidence of vote manipulation on the subs.

You make a specific assertion like that, you should have at least a shred of tangible evidence. Believe whatever conspiracies you want, but it's not my fault you can't back them up.

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