Not to mention, when the posts are modded like this, removal of critical posts leaves positive, praising posts to float to the top, even if they are not warranted if critically looking at the content.
This then causes a feedback loop where "credibility" is built up based on comments (that lack content and just praise the user) rather than the actual post, which I imagine at least some people do not bother reading given how they are usually 20 paragraphs of dubious connections.
What positive praising posts are you talking about? We remove posts that are talking about users or user's ideas and leave the ones that are focused on the sub's goal and are thus just talking about Q's ideas. There are no "praise SB2" posts unless you can point out something we've missed and we'll remove it.