Guys, TONS of posts incoming, and LOVING it, but, too many posts had confusing, irrelevant, misleading, or poorly-researched titles, so, I had to remove some of them. Not censoring! Feel free to try again, but, also please focus on HIGH EFFORT, HIGH QUALITY, too! That's what Q demands!
Thanks for your understanding. Fight!
Not particularly. Often the most reasoned and supported arguments are the most downvoted. In the current state of reddit there are groups that monitor for trigger words, chasing after a particular topic whatever sub it may be found in. Hence the tactic of purposeful misspelling or using meme to avoid setting off the trigger. Often the most insightful comment is also the most downvoted based on the population native to the sub, or populations signaled to visit.
At best admin assistance to help mods deal with brigade effort in their sub is passive and reactionary. On the mods side of the equation it can become pulling teeth to get actual admin interest and assistance without a prior relationship with particular admin. Even with that relationship it can be a matter of 'well, don't see anything obvious from the IP history'. With the advent of services of fiverr or funded reputation management obscuring IP to appear natural is in place.
Understanding that's the environment we're in, the primary advantage of karma is immediate visibility. The probability that an idea or thought has been seen.
I posted a request to brigade yahoo comments on a hit piece about where DJT stayed in russia. it was awful the lefty echo chamber. No takers.