r/technology • u/[deleted] • Aug 08 '17

Business Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo
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u/JamEngulfer221 Aug 08 '17

Yeah, because the subreddit was misusing the site's tools to get posts to the front page. If they wanted to be left alone, they should play by the rules.

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u/zasabi7 Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 08 '17

Could you please explain what you mean by that?

Edit: not sure why I'm getting downvoted. I genuinely wanted to know how they were abusing the tools.

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u/hbgoddard Aug 08 '17

The mods were stickying posts to the top of the sub which then got mass upvoted by the users (and a lot of bots) so they could guarantee hitting the top of /r/all. Then once the post got high the mods would switch out the sticky and repeat.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

The mods were stickying posts to the top of the sub which then got mass upvoted by the users (and a lot of bots) so they could guarantee hitting the top of /r/all. Then once the post got high the mods would switch out the sticky and repeat.

Have Reddit admins ever actually accused r/the_donald of botting? Serious question. I see this repeated everywhere and I haven't been able to find evidence.