Yes some supports of Ron Paul try to game Digg, Slashdot, Reddit and others. A quick look at ronpaulforums.com will confirm that. However, if they were succ

Yes some supports of Ron Paul try to game Digg, Slashdot, Reddit and others. A quick look at ronpaulforums.com will confirm that. However, if they were successful at doing what you describe wouldn't your prediction imply that most Ron Paul stories on Reddit would have a score greater than zero? A search for "Ron Paul" shows this to be false. Is there some other objective measure that could be used?