IIRC, np was the norm for many years and it just didn't actually change anything. Oodles of people do get banned from SRD for commenting in linked threads. The easiest way to see this is when month+ old threads get linked. Only the admins can see downvoting patterns.
Is simply linking to other threads on reddit sufficient for you to consider something promoting brigading?
> Is simply linking to other threads on reddit sufficient for you to consider something promoting brigading?
As I mentioned previously, linking to other subs, or even simply _talking_ about /r/StarTrek, was enough for admins to accuse /r/Star_Trek of brigading. They threatened to shut them down unless they stopped members from doing that, and so you're not allowed to do it in the sub anymore.
Whether you think that linking to other subs is brigading or not, it's clear that admins call it brigading when they want to shut down subs, yet then let continue on much larger subs dedicated to the act as long as the admins like the sub.
Edit: For example, here's a highly upvoted SRD post talking about the admins threatening /r/Star_Trek if they mention /r/StarTrek[1]. They call /r/Star_Trek linking to /r/StarTrek posts to complain about them "brigading," in the same post that they themselves are linking to a /r/Star_Trek post in order to complain about it.
Is simply linking to other threads on reddit sufficient for you to consider something promoting brigading?