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Re:Reddit CEO Says Mods Too Powerful, Plans to Weaken After ... by buildbot on Friday June 16, 2023 @10:53AM (#36357568)
Yeah before I deleted my accounts yesterday, the rate of weird pro-reddit admin comments was getting pretty high. It would not surprise me at all if they are trying to game the numbers more before their IPO, so they can claim they made the right decision.

Investors: do you due diligence! Reddit has used fake accounts in the past! :)

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Re:Reddit CEO Says Mods Too Powerful, Plans to Weaken After ... by hinkley on Friday June 16, 2023 @11:31AM (#36358321)
Spez has been caught editing comments from real users.

He should have been fired for that

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Re:Reddit CEO Says Mods Too Powerful, Plans to Weaken After ... by chihuahua on Friday June 16, 2023 @10:57AM (#36357654)
Obviously, anyone who disagrees with me must be an astroturfer bot.
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Re:Reddit CEO Says Mods Too Powerful, Plans to Weaken After ... by notahacker on Friday June 16, 2023 @11:33AM (#36358370)
It's reddit, I'm sure there are people that have spent the last decade on the site posting cat pics, dodgy stock tips and intimate details of their life being accused of being bots for criticising mods.

But if a bunch of new, dormant or unused accounts start promoting the exact party line of an entity which is known to generate accounts on their service to seed stuff, in a battle they're determined to win, the probability of them all being unconnected individual people popping up to express their support for Reddit's management is pretty near zero...

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Re:Reddit CEO Says Mods Too Powerful, Plans to Weaken After ... by workethics on Friday June 16, 2023 @11:24AM (#36358175)
They (or someone at least) are definitely using bots: https://i.imgur.com/4e9jO7P.jpg
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Re:Reddit CEO Says Mods Too Powerful, Plans to Weaken After ... by flir on Friday June 16, 2023 @11:26AM (#36358215)
Sounds like something a bot would say /s
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