Yup, the hive mind is real there, and even if you dare speaking against something most others are for you get downvoted and silenced (yes it is under the reddiquette not to downvote discussions based on belief - but does anyone care? nope). Not to mention how easy it is to create multiple accounts there and because of the large userbase it makes it impossible for moderators who can see the activity follow smaller discussions and subreddits where they are abused to get their "thought" through in front of others. Imagine in how many ways this can be abused for monetary gain.

I remember when one of the most popular Redditors at one time u/Unidan was caught abusing botvotes in **comments** just to get more visibility on his own or silence others. 

Its not even long ago that my content and comments keep getting shadow-deleted (shadow means I still see it but if I were to give you a direct link to the comment you'll see it as [deleted]-[deleted]).

Here on an open blockchain we see every action of every account with details to make it easier for us to tell if manipulation is happening or not.