[Karunamon]

"Brigading" is the single most idiotic concept to come out of the site admins in Reddit's entire history. It's a value judgment that conveys nothing useful.

Do you know what someone following a link on Reddit and clicking around and participating where they end up is? Normal usage of Reddit! The idea that you're not allowed to participate just because you came through an on-site link reflects a kind of isolationism that has nothing in common with Reddit's philosophy, nor how real people ever used the site.

[mynameisvlad]

Oh I completely agree, I always found that silly for the exact same reason. I think I got banned on one of those subreddits because I had a comment in both the topic linked and the subreddit's own.

Okay, so I used the link aggregation and discussion site as designed? Cool, I'll take that ban.