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G265 vote score The visible score or vote result attached to a post or comment. G266 vote fuzzing The practice of making votes look less predictable or less gameable. G267 vote manipulation Manipulating votes to influence a post, comment, or community outcome. G268 vote manipulation report A report or case involving vote manipulation. G269 upvote brigade A coordinated group of upvotes aimed at one target. G270 downvote brigade A coordinated group of downvotes aimed at one target. G271 brigade A coordinated group or wave of users acting together. G272 brigading Coordinated activity aimed at influencing a thread or community. G273 brigading alert A warning that brigading may be happening. G274 vote brigade A coordinated wave of votes on one target. G275 brigaded thread A thread that appears to be the target of brigading. G276 brigaded comments Comments that are being hit by coordinated behavior. G277 bot army A group of bots acting together. G278 vote bots Bots used to manipulate votes. G279 spam Unwanted, repetitive, or manipulative activity on Reddit. G280 spammer A redditor who posts spam or behaves like a spam account. G281 spam filter Reddit's filter for likely spam before it reaches the main feed. G282 spam queue The moderation queue where spammed items are stored. G283 mod queue The main moderation review queue for a community. G284 automod queue The queue where AutoModerator-flagged items can collect. G285 reports Items reported by users for moderator review. G286 reports queue The queue where user reports are collected for review. G287 brigading report A report about suspected vote manipulation or brigading. G288 spam report A report category for spam.