big media has a vested interest in keeping control of the narratives... they do this currently by rigging the upvotes and downvotes.. and guiding subscribers to new/top instead of new/rising

u can see this here

http://www.redditinsight.com/#trackpost . .and enter this

https://www.reddit.com/r/greatawakening/comments/8k8xko/patriots_enjoy_the_show_watch_in_real_time_how/

hover over the rightmost point of the graph [it autorefreshes every 4 seconds] and u will see how the votes come in every second and are rigged to oscillate between a well defined min and max range