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Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by piva00 on Thursday May 14, 2020 @03:01AM (#23176318)
I'm the same! Or to search for reviews of some obscure gear of one of my hobbies, find recommendations on specific tastes in literature/movies, discover similar art to some artist.

Whatever needs some human knowledge and thought I add a `site:reddit.com` to my search and try to gauge from there.

Product reviews are also much more trustworthy (and sometimes more in-depth) from a collection of reddit posts than anywhere else on the internet.

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Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by hunter2_ on Thursday May 14, 2020 @03:34PM (#23184288)
That certainly seems true now, and hopefully it will be for a good while. r/HailCorporate is good at spotting ads/shills but it's not a perfect science. Given the way AI-authored blog posts are getting incrementally more convincing, this could become a serious issue.
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