Do you have any data that shows that trend? I frequently see threads where people complain about how blatant the effect is and how hard they're being brigaded, usually with 300+ karma
One simple experiment is to look at the front page of the subreddit - each link description has, per the rules, the amount of comment karma it has when it was submitted. Look at relatively new posts, and look at the difference in karma at submission time and then as time goes on.
I tried this a few times months ago, and being linked from SRS led to a significant decline in scores on every post in the top 25.
>''I enjoy hating on people who think 'fat acceptance' is a legitimate thing...they're easy targets'' [+1521, gilded] (reddit.com)
>[–]RodneyHFarva 1706 points 21 hours ago
>"A bunch of din du nuffins. But when these thugs get killed their mom will cry murder and say he was such a good boy." [+27] (reddit.com)
>esiper 50 points 12 hours ago
>"It started with /r/jailbait, but I wasn't a ephebophile so I didn't speak up. Then they came for /r/thefappening, but I didn't speak up because I wasn't into fuzzy pictures of people I don't know. Then /r/gamergate, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a gamer. I'm speaking up now." [+28] (reddit.com)
>[–][deleted] 194 points 22 hours ago*
It looks like there's an increase in karma score after it gets linked from SRS
Karunamon|10 years ago
One simple experiment is to look at the front page of the subreddit - each link description has, per the rules, the amount of comment karma it has when it was submitted. Look at relatively new posts, and look at the difference in karma at submission time and then as time goes on.
I tried this a few times months ago, and being linked from SRS led to a significant decline in scores on every post in the top 25.
unbudgingprawn|10 years ago
>"A bunch of din du nuffins. But when these thugs get killed their mom will cry murder and say he was such a good boy." [+27] (reddit.com) >esiper 50 points 12 hours ago
>"It started with /r/jailbait, but I wasn't a ephebophile so I didn't speak up. Then they came for /r/thefappening, but I didn't speak up because I wasn't into fuzzy pictures of people I don't know. Then /r/gamergate, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a gamer. I'm speaking up now." [+28] (reddit.com) >[–][deleted] 194 points 22 hours ago*
It looks like there's an increase in karma score after it gets linked from SRS