It's a useful deterrent against defenders (actual or bots) coming and drowning people out

That is a good idea. Yeah I often wonder if people that actually are not apart of this community just troll by searches.

	▲	gib444 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'm sure there are whole companies that do that kind of "reputation management". Modern tech savvy PR firms etc I personally experienced it when criticising (turns out quite rightly) the HS2 rail project. The difference in replies on Reddit whether I wrote HS2 or eg \|-\|S2 or H/S/2 was stark