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If they are at the top of r/science, then why did the r/science mods have to remove other popular r/science posts so that the AMAs could be at the top of r/scie
by danso 8y ago
If they are at the top of r/science, then why did the r/science mods have to remove other popular r/science posts so that the AMAs could be at the top of r/science?
> Additionally, Reddit stopped allowing what Huffman calls “post manipulation” to highlight certain content. Moderators at r/science and other popular subreddits have been accused of deleting highly ranking posts to push individual items to the top of their page. From there, they would gain visibility and receive upvotes to be featured on the main page.
- cma 8y agoI think it is that as a default sub, the faster a post rose to the top of the sub, the more likely it was to be featured on the front page. Or it was that a fixed portion of a sub's posts would make it to the front page over time and by starving others of votes temporarily it meant the AMA was more likely to be chosen, which might not have been the case even if the AMA eventually reached #1.