"Many times they will comment to the first comment with another account, to attempt to legitimize the first comment."

^^^ This. Visit almost any couple-hours-old thread, and you'll often see a vapid, calorie-free post at the top with fifty upvotes followed by a string of nested nonsense designed to drive everything else down-page.

I call it "pack-voting". (It's a problem commonly seen on sites whose forums default "sorted by:" to "top".)

"Many times they will comment to the first comment with another account, to attempt to legitimize the first comment."

^^^ This. Visit almost any couple-hours-old thread, and you'll often see a vapid, calorie-free post at the top with fifty upvotes followed by a string of nested nonsense designed to drive everything else down-page.

I call it "pack-voting". (It's a problem commonly seen on sites whose forums default "sorted by:" to "top".

"Many times they will comment to the first comment with another account, to attempt to legitimize the first comment."

^^^ This. Visit almost any couple-hours-old thread, and you'll often see a vapid, calorie-free post at the top with fifty upvotes followed by a string of nested nonsense designed to drive everything else down-page.

I call it "pack-voting".

"Many times they will comment to the first comment with another account, to attempt to legitimize the first comment."

^^^ This. Visit almost any couple-hours-old thread, and you'll often see a vapid, calorie-free post at the top with fifty upvotes followed by a string of nested nonsense designed to drive everything else down-page..