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Citation? No problem. Here it is: > A hilarious example was when Reddit was trying to deal with the_donald successfully spamming reddits hot algorithm. - buz
by imgabe 7y ago
Citation? No problem. Here it is:
> A hilarious example was when Reddit was trying to deal with the_donald successfully spamming reddits hot algorithm.
- buzzkillington in Hacker News comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21463480 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21463480
You were the one who stated that /r/the_donald spammed Reddit to reach the front page. Are you changing your story and now saying they reached the front page organically? Are you confused about what spamming is?
If there really were a large number of people genuinely interested in the_donald, it would have reached the front page without spamming. The reddit algorithm is probably also biased against posts trying to sell penis enlargement pills. Do you think that is also oppressive?
- buzzkillington 7y agoIf you haven't already, would you mind reading about HN's approach to comments and site guidelines? >Be kind. Don't be snarky. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html