• The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Even before the insane number of bots that are on reddit today, I believe that subreddit was one of the main ways for astroturf accounts to gain karma quickly. They knew that everyone was just there to look at happy things and would upvote heavily.

      • gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        3 months ago

        for real!! i browsed it a few years ago and like all of the mental health posts were as good as those ‘your life int a movie dont end it’ youtube comments

    • Fizz@lemmy.nz
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      3 months ago

      People finally find a place to be happy and bots come and ruin it. I hate robots.