What Is Brigading?
7.0BRAINROT SCOREBrigading Organizing a group to descend on another community's post, thread, or profile en masse, whether to vote, comment, or otherwise overwhelm it, the general behavior pattern that vote brigading is one specific instance of.
Origin:Named as coordinated cross-community pile-ons became common enough on forums and social platforms to need a general term distinct from any single platform's specific voting mechanic.
First Seen:2008
Peak Era:2026 (Reputation Manipulation)
Aura Impact:+1 Aura (A Community That Actively Discourages Brigading Other Spaces) / -2 Aura (Organizing a Brigade Against a Much Smaller Community)
EXAMPLE USAGE
"The mods traced the sudden hostile influx back to organized brigading from another forum."
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