Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

> After this last election, I think political groups realized local subreddits were underutilized and have regrouped accordingly.

its not that. they realized: a) that folks were filtering out the astroturfed subreddits in /r/all, and b) that r/all's filter list has a hard limit of 100 subreddits. so, by astroturfing >100 subreddits, they can guarantee to their clients that their posts will make the front of r/all for everyone.



Ha, I got them beat with RES and filtering out every generic subreddit that touches politics




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: