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Re:The coming tsunami of fakery by ZetaRicky on Thursday August 25, 2022 @11:04AM (#32594632)
If I remember correctly, the first days of Reddit were filled with bots posting to fake some user activity so that humans would ditch other platforms.
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Re:The coming tsunami of fakery by zerocrates on Thursday August 25, 2022 @11:54AM (#32595483)
I don't remember if it was bots or just employees taking on several different "personas." But the goal of presenting a more active community was the same regardless.
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