Yep, even before that.
Some forget that Reddit was a HUGE Ron Paul site, very tech and libertarian. Then Obama came along..
We all watched the politics sub turn, a few of us left overs from Digg started watching them game and use bots(for the 1st time) during the election. We tested, and proved - the use of bots to keep RP story's sitting at zero(If you upvoted it, a bot automatically downvoted). The solution wasn't to stop them, but to "fuzz" votes so that we couldn't prove it again.
Yep, even before that. Some forget that Reddit was a HUGE Ron Paul site, very tech and libertarian. Then Obama came along..
We all watched the politics sub turn, a few of us left overs from Digg started watching them game and use bots(for the 1st time) during the election. We tested, and proved - the use of bots to keep RP story's sitting at zero(If you upvoted it, a bot automatically downvoted). The solution wasn't to stop them, but to "fuzz" votes so that we couldn't prove it again.