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throwaway wrote

Vote manipulation is easy on Raddle. We had a Python bot that could pour in over 200 up/downvotes in 10 minutes.

If you ask me, voting should be discarded.

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Snowy OP wrote

Agree.

But I don't think they would use this way if they want to manipulate Raddle. Raddle should be a "more expensive" target, they would use comments mainly.

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throwaway wrote

That's true, but voting still has an effect on the subconscious, even if you're actively trying to ignore it. Most people go into a thread with upvotes expecting to see something they'll agree with on a forum such as Raddle, and will be more likely to react positively to the post. At least that's my theory, but then again, this is coming mostly from my ass.

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