I use the strategy for a few things - including when I want to get reviews of a product or service. There's still potential for manipulation there, but you can

I use the strategy for a few things - including when I want to get reviews of a product or service. There's still potential for manipulation there, but you can judge the replies based on the user history - and you know that businesses aren't able to delete or hide bad reviews there. But in general I agree with you - reddit is full of misinformation, propaganda and astroturfing