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Re:An appeal for an objective, open, transparent debate re: ... by pyinstallwoes on Sunday September 19, 2021 @08:29PM (#28589255)
I can confirm noticing the same, and I'd say there was a huge change in 2018/2019. After that it started to get _real weird_.

It reminds me heavily of the Dead Internet Theory.

Re:An appeal for an objective, open, transparent debate re: ... by jimmaswell on Sunday September 19, 2021 @08:45PM (#28589333)
I noticed a lot of comments on political subreddits around that time repeating arguments in very specific ways, often reusing "catch phrases". At the same time they made it against the rules to call out bots.
Re:An appeal for an objective, open, transparent debate re: ... by pyinstallwoes on Monday September 20, 2021 @11:05AM (#28594595)
Yes exactly. It doesn't help the simulation LARPing. Really makes you wonder... lol