Original content is what makes or breaks a website like Reddit. Posting something that was literally a top submission within the last week is obviously pandering for karma. You do know that there are people who do that kind of thing, right? There's also companies who have employees that do the same thing, but it's their job to pander for that karma. Then, on top of that shit, there's people who will get tons of karma and sell their accounts. Defending people that do this shit is evidence of your ignorance or your stupidity. It's a huge fucking problem with linking sites like this, and it destroys them because eventually you have a handful of accounts posting the same things month after month for companies trying to get views to their websites for advertising dollars.

tl;dr stop letting people pander for karma and destroy a great fucking website. "IF I HAVEN'T SEEN IT IT'S NEW TO ME"