I saw a very strange reddit comment the other day. I don't even remember what sub I was in. It was one of those comments where the person starts ranting uncontrollably mostly off topic in a random sub-thread. It went on and on. It must have been 500+ words long. They were the mod of some non-political sub and they knew (don't ask me how) that political bots infested their sub and the bots were downvoting anything that didn't have political keywords. According to them it happens all over reddit in an election year because the bots are trying to elevate their desired political topics. Crazy ranting can have an element of truth.
Whatever the reality - reddit and subs are r/politics are fascinating dumpster fires of shills, bots, true believers, and passionate fools.
I saw a very strange reddit comment the other day. I don't even remember what sub I was in. It was one of those comments where the person starts ranting uncontrollably mostly off topic in a random sub-thread. It went on and on. It must have been 500+ words long. They were the mod of some non-political sub and they knew (don't ask me how) that political bots infested their sub and the bots were downvoting anything that didn't have political keywords. According to them it happens all over reddit in an election year because the bots are trying to elevate their desired political topics. Crazy ranting can have an element of truth.
Whatever the reality - reddit and subs are r/politics are fascinating dumpster fires of shills, bots, true believers, and passionate fools.