[jedberg]

No. That's generally because once something gets popular and jumps to the front page, it gets a huge boost in visibility, especially from people who weren't looking at the niche subreddit it comes from.

A lot of those people aren't interested in that content, so it will suddenly get an influx of downvotes.

[heed]

Thanks for the reply.

I'm glad there is an explanation based on user behavior for this phenomenon because admin level vote tampering is such a tired theory.