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[–] piitza 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

where a bunch of people decide to actively group downvote or send a comment storm at a user/sub/thread.

unfortunately, the best definition is from reddit shudder

"It's when a group of people get together to down vote the same thing, be it a single person, or a group of people representing a dissenting ideology.

A lot of people think it happens as a natural result of specialized subreddits such as /r/SubredditDrama or /r/ShitRedditSays. While the owners/creators/mods of those subreddits may have a stance against vote brigading (even honestly so!) One wonders how it can ever be truly avoided given the nature of those sites (singling out comment threads and users in a negative light).

np.reddit.com combats this. Such subreddits (and others) require that links use "np" instead of "www" which prevents voting and, thus, vote brigading.

TL;DR It's the reddit form of a lynch mob"

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[–] Malek ago 

In my opinion, bridging can be seen as a form of speech. Just because a person is not active in a sub or shares their views, does not mean they cant come and downvote the content. If one group decides to brigades, call in backup to balance it out. Brigade the brigadiers. Eventually everyone will get tired and stop doing it. The is the price you pay for an open dialogue.