r/The_Donald needs to initiate a voter ID system.

There is no doubt that "voting bots" are running rampant through this sub. There is no doubt these bots are acting in violation of Reddit's rules against vote manipulation. There is no doubt that the admins don't care. What can we do? We can look to the admins of r/The_Donald for the solution.

Bots programmed to downvote every post and comment in this sub do not have the capability of commenting. Therefore, why not make a sticky saying, "ALL USERS SUBSCRIBED TO R/THE_DONALD MUST COMMENT IN THIS POST WITHIN 30 DAYS OF ITS POSTING. THOSE WHO FAIL TO DO SO WILL BE BANNED FOR TWO-WEEKS."

Once the 30 days is up, compile a list of usernames who commented and compare it to the list of subscribers. Thirty days should provide enough notice to casual and infrequent subscribers. The two-week ban is limited to two weeks in order to minimize any undeserved punishment to "significantly infrequent" subscribers. As for the bots who are not programmed to comment, they'll lose voting privileges for two weeks.

This will (a) show Reddit how substantial the revenge-based downvoting (committed in violation of Reddit's rules) has become in this sub; and (b) allow this sub to regain dominance on r/all.

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