Downvoting doesn't actually affect memes? So that's not why the 'crew' gangs up and downvotes memes not on the Reich side as soon as they come out the chute?
Some years ago, not only did it knock them out of the running as it does now, if gotten enough, downvoting could even render them unfeatured.
There was an account I used between 2018 and early 2021, and all but one of its memes became unfeatured that way early on. It was glorious. I actually stopped submitting for a while, because I wanted to be known as the one with the one single featured meme.
The meme was great, btw. Nicknamed, "The Meme of Graves," it was littered with comments from "deleted user," as many had come there to vanquish me only to end up departing themselves. That was before all this timer nonsense and when I, or rather that profile, specialized in rectal realignment procedures complete with free anesthesia. That account was actually designed to ream 'em to their hearts content. And believe you me, I aimed to please. Not that I was particularly good at it, but you'd be surprised what nonstop persistence can accomplish. I just kept bulldozing until they ran out of juice.
Alas, all that kind of got boring after a while. I got better things to do than to go at somebody for hours till they finally checked out in the middle of the night. But it was funny back then, and made for great entertainment value.