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[–] think- 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Are votes that follow user pings to be considered manipulation? This is something that should be discussed, and stated if so.

I don't think that should be considered manipulation. I often ping other users into research submissions on v/pizzagate , or Pizzagate related content on v/news they might be interested in, and it would be terrible if their upvoats or downvoats wouldn't count, only because I pinged them.

A feature like this could also be exploited. Let's say a shill makes a controversial post, and then pings all people who they think might downvoat the post. This way, they wouldn't be able to downvoat the post anymore.

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[–] PeaceSeeker [S] 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

A feature like this could also be exploited. Let's say a shill makes a controversial post, and then pings all people who they think might downvoat the post. This way, they wouldn't be able to downvoat the post anymore.

That's another good point. It's probably best to just not take pings into account, especially since users can organize off-site anyway.

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[–] think- 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

It's probably best to just not take pings into account, especially since users can organize off-site anyway.

Agree.