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title: "How Can Reddit Moderators Tell Brigading From a Normal Traffic Spike?"  
description: "How Can Reddit Moderators Tell Brigading From a Normal Traffic Spike?"  
author: "Deepesh Mishra"  
published: 2026-10-17  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/117766/how-can-reddit-moderators-tell-brigading-from-a-normal-traffic-spike  
category: "Mix Category"  
tags: ["reddit", "Moderation", "Community Management", "social media"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How Can Reddit Moderators Tell Brigading From a Normal Traffic Spike?

A subreddit I help moderate sometimes gets a sudden wave of comments on an old or controversial post. The activity might come from a link shared elsewhere, but it is hard to tell whether that means people are coordinating a raid or simply reacting to a post that gained attention.

When assessing a **Reddit traffic spike**, what patterns are genuinely useful to moderators—account age, comment timing, referral context, or something else? I’d like to avoid treating ordinary newcomers as rule-breakers while still responding quickly if a thread is being targeted.


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Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/117766/how-can-reddit-moderators-tell-brigading-from-a-normal-traffic-spike

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