Vote manipulation is a stupid rule and has been enforced in the dumbest way possible on reddit.

Yes, we've seen some very legitimate culprits go down to this rule like Quickmeme which actively gamed the /r/AdviceAnimals and /r/Funny subreddits by using accounts to downvote any non-Quickmeme and upvote any Quickmeme submissions.

However, reddit as a site has shut down several subreddits for 'vote manipulation' in the past including /r/niggers when they already have rules against harassment, witch hunting and internet vigilantism clarified within the Personal Information Rule explanation in their FAQ. As some of you know, /r/Niggers was a racist subreddit that basically fostered discriminatory discussion and would occasionally brigade threads, downvoting comments they collectively disagree with and post offensive comments on said threads.

Then we have subreddits like /r/MensRights, /r/Cringe, /r/CringePics, /r/ShitRedditSays, /r/SubredditDrama which are already guilty as sin for vote manipulation, stirring witch hunts and overall damaging the community in horrible ways and the admins just don't bat an eyelid.

The funniest thing I ever saw was the admins banning the /r/TightShorts subreddit because there were only two mods filtering content on there. After over six requests made in /r/RedditRequest and several more directly made towards the admins from people willing to form a larger mod team, the admins still refused to even respond. This led to the community of that particular subreddit being fragmented across several other subreddits.