Comment by oinksoft

I believe it is a StormFront initiative, because all racist comments in a targeted thread will be flooded with upvotes, and all comments in any way critical will receive an equal number of downvotes. I did a little research and did find some StormFront threads discussing YouTube comment initiatives, /r/politics initiatives, etc. so I don't think this scenario is at all unlikely. The clear patterns set it apart from the "ugly people speaking their minds" hypothesis. In general I have observed this pattern in specific, seemingly targeted Disqus comment threads, etc. since ~2010. Notably, the comments usually intersect with criticisms of Obama.