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I used to be torn on this conspiracy theory, but I just accept it at this point. It's pretty clear that a huge number of comments on sites like Reddit are if no

I used to be torn on this conspiracy theory, but I just accept it at this point. It's pretty clear that a huge number of comments on sites like Reddit are if not bots, paid for spam/manipulation. The amount humans, let alone people commenting in good faith is so low as to not make it worth engaging. There's too much for bad actors and companies to gain, there's no way they're leaving this kind of opportunity on the table, especially as bots get much, much better at appearing human. It is kind of funny when occasionally a bot messes up and posts the same comment more than once in a thread across more than one account. I think this is why people increasingly prefer closed off, invite only communities as well. You can vet people coming into a discord community a lot easier and avoid a lot of the nonsense that happens on more open, public, spaces like Reddit, or Twitter.

111111IIIIIII 3y ago
A lot of so-called "conspiracy theories," including this one, are quite rational once you replace the conspirators with the profit motive under capitalism.
JanneVee 3y ago
Yeah it doesn't require that everything is actual bots but people behaving like bots. To amend to that I've found that the bigger forums are full of actual people that are just regurgitating the most common talking points on issues and trying to discuss them deeper or developing them is pointless, because the people doing it are just there to root for their "team" not convincing anyone of their point of view. Discussions might disprove their arguments so it is avoided at all cost, with that all discussions become vapid bullshit which does nothing in the world.