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You are mischaracterizing. r/The_Donald got banned for front-page manipulation even after repeated warnings.

• kibwen 4y ago
  /r/the_donald didn't even get banned until 2020. In 2016, Reddit was forced to change their front page algorithm after the_donald spent all summer gaming the algorithm to float multiple megathreads to the top of /r/all every day, leading to the rise of subreddits like /r/enoughtrumpspam as a way to bring attention to the issue of vote manipulation. IIRC, as a result of the algorithm change, pinned posts were no longer given special treatment by the algorithm and subreddits could no longer have more than one post on the front page at any given time. It was a rule that applied to every subreddit, but of course the_donald shrieked about censorship due to their sudden lack of ability to shove their nonsense down everyone's throats every single day.