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wish r/programming was still up, one of the last top posts was someone going through the post of a anti-protest account. one of the accounts recent posts was so

by tayo42 3y ago

wish r/programming was still up, one of the last top posts was someone going through the post of a anti-protest account. one of the accounts recent posts was something along the lines of "Im sorry Im not allowed to generate content like that" in an advice post

flutas 3y ago
Found a screenshot of it. https://i.imgur.com/4e9jO7P.jpg https://i.imgur.com/4e9jO7P.jpg User profile in question has since been deleted: https://www.reddit.com/user/Joseph_Harris2 https://www.reddit.com/user/Joseph_Harris2 Archive that includes the comment (can't find an old reddit one though): https://web.archive.org/web/20230611231119/https://www.reddit.com/user/Joseph_Harris2 https://web.archive.org/web/20230611231119/https://www.reddi... The /r/programming thread has other examples of pretty obvious astroturfing: https://web.archive.org/web/20230611210834/https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/146wn9s/meta_who_is_astroturfing_rprogramming_and_why/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230611210834/https://old.reddi...
- tayo42 3y ago
  Nice! That's the one I was referring to. Pretty wild. Surprised those didn't get more attention
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