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Yeah, all of the major subreddits are gamed, especially subs like r/politics. Even going back to the 2016 election it was clear that much of the activity on the
by suby 2y ago
Yeah, all of the major subreddits are gamed, especially subs like r/politics. Even going back to the 2016 election it was clear that much of the activity on there was not genuine.
- shusaku 2y agoIt’s been well known for over a decade that Reddit is incredibly easy to game. So while LLMs may seem useful, a well run political campaign can easily afford to astroturf the site while paying good money to their staff.
- ants_everywhere 2y ago> It’s been well known for over a decade that Reddit is incredibly easy to game Yeah. Arguably Reddit has embraced inorganic activity since beginning. the founders used it to grow the site and pretend they had more active users.
- courseofaction 2y agoIt has been interesting to see the coordination of harris/waltz posts reaching top places in non-political reddits. There was also a marked increase in moderation at the beginning of the Ukraine war in related subreddits