As others note it is the same for years, even before LLMs. They just scan the older posts, take the upvoted comments and when they see the most appropriate sur

As others note it is the same for years, even before LLMs. They just scan the older posts, take the upvoted comments and when they see the most appropriate surrounding - they just post them verbatim. More so, half of the posts you see on the frontpage are the reposts from the years ago. Made by bots, commented by bots. And every couple of years they repost the reposts. Circle of botlife. If Reddit's search weren't so shitty you could've easily checked it, but as anyone understands Reddit owners are not in the position to actually improve the search in any way, it doesn't worth it for them. > never noticed any of them actually shill a product yet Well, you won't notice it till they actually respond to you. But there is a product what is shilled to you all the time and you probably don't even notice. It's in r/worldnews, a couple of subs topical for the current geopolitical situation and whatever the hot topics what hit the frontpage.