Reddit is a now a marketing/customer relations platform disguised as a discussion forum, and has been since it got big long ago. Hundreds of bot account post nonsensical bs around the site for appearing natural until it’s their time to defend a corporation with some anecdotes. This is why smaller fediverse instances are important.
Say anything critical about a company on a popular subreddit, and there’s a horde of accounts repeating and upvoting the companies talking points. especially if the company has its own subreddit.
“I hate elon musk but… here’s why it’s actually good thing”
"I hate apple but… "
"I hate trump but… "
"I’m not a fan but… "
"I’m not a conservative but… "
Trying to appear as neutral as possible while defending every negative attention against the mother ship.
Reddit is a now a marketing/customer relations platform disguised as a discussion forum, and has been since it got big long ago. Hundreds of bot account post nonsensical bs around the site for appearing natural until it’s their time to defend a corporation with some anecdotes. This is why smaller fediverse instances are important.
Say anything critical about a company on a popular subreddit, and there’s a horde of accounts repeating and upvoting the companies talking points. especially if the company has its own subreddit.
“I hate elon musk but… here’s why it’s actually good thing” "I hate apple but… " "I hate trump but… " "I’m not a fan but… " "I’m not a conservative but… "
Trying to appear as neutral as possible while defending every negative attention against the mother ship.
Same thing for (international) politics too, obviously.
That and endless content and comment reposts.
It was bad when I left, it’s gotten worse now that some of the better mods and more prolific posters have left.
That’s hardly fair. They also recruit for hate groups.