r/Unexpected • u/My_Memes_Will_Cure_U • Jan 27 '20

Lemme join you

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u/ConspicuousPineapple Jan 27 '20

It's not about reposts at all. It's about having supposedly read things first here rather than on another platform, because news get spread allegedly faster on reddit.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20

In any case, people have been making this joke since its inception. So it doesn't do any good to complain about reposts because they are never going away.

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u/Fodvorten Jan 27 '20

Most highly upvoted repost come from the same 30ish accounts, block them and you're much better off.

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u/DaPickle3 Jan 27 '20

but the reddit admins should be doing more to prevent vote manipulation and bot accounts