▲ 1447 ▼ Reddit if full of bots: thread reposted exactly the same, comment by comment, 10 months later (i.imgur.com) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/reddit@lemmy.world 306 comments fedilink hide all child comments For the threads with the older one on the left: https://lemmy.world/post/14859950 (Thank you @Nelots@lemm.ee )
[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Is there a Reddit submission with this screenshot? I wanna read the reactions. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone [S] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children) Enjoy: https://old.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/170e8dp/reddit_comments_are_full_of_bots_reupload/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) /r/conspiracy of all places, yuck... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone [S] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yeah, not the best place indeed permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) It used to be cheeky fun. Now it’s Alex jones and alt-right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] yesoutwater@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago Oh man, I would browse while on the shitter at work. It used to be one of my OGs. A lot of tinfoil. And you'd get the deep dives that didn't feel politically motivated (compared to today). Then, the Trumpeting. Like everything else not stapled down circa 2016, it was an easy target for the Russian firehose of falsehood: an entire community of people wanting to believe some alternative bullshit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TigrisMorte@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago Is perfect if you are targeting easily gullible massively ignorant people. permalink fedilink source parent [–] somas@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) @Blaze If you want to avoid Reddit tracking altogether a redlib instance will let you do that https://libreddit.projectsegfau.lt/r/conspiracy/comments/170e8dp/reddit_comments_are_full_of_bots_reupload/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone [S] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Thanks for the link! I usually just use the Reddit link, I've had alternative viewers shut down in the past (e.g. Invidious instances for Youtube) and then people can't access the content anymore permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] somas@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago @Blaze Yes that’s a concern here as well but it’s pretty easy to run your own instance in Docker or whatever permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone [S] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children) Enjoy: https://old.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/170e8dp/reddit_comments_are_full_of_bots_reupload/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) /r/conspiracy of all places, yuck... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone [S] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yeah, not the best place indeed permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) It used to be cheeky fun. Now it’s Alex jones and alt-right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] yesoutwater@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago Oh man, I would browse while on the shitter at work. It used to be one of my OGs. A lot of tinfoil. And you'd get the deep dives that didn't feel politically motivated (compared to today). Then, the Trumpeting. Like everything else not stapled down circa 2016, it was an easy target for the Russian firehose of falsehood: an entire community of people wanting to believe some alternative bullshit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TigrisMorte@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago Is perfect if you are targeting easily gullible massively ignorant people. permalink fedilink source parent [–] somas@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) @Blaze If you want to avoid Reddit tracking altogether a redlib instance will let you do that https://libreddit.projectsegfau.lt/r/conspiracy/comments/170e8dp/reddit_comments_are_full_of_bots_reupload/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone [S] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Thanks for the link! I usually just use the Reddit link, I've had alternative viewers shut down in the past (e.g. Invidious instances for Youtube) and then people can't access the content anymore permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] somas@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago @Blaze Yes that’s a concern here as well but it’s pretty easy to run your own instance in Docker or whatever permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) /r/conspiracy of all places, yuck... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone [S] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yeah, not the best place indeed permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) It used to be cheeky fun. Now it’s Alex jones and alt-right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] yesoutwater@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago Oh man, I would browse while on the shitter at work. It used to be one of my OGs. A lot of tinfoil. And you'd get the deep dives that didn't feel politically motivated (compared to today). Then, the Trumpeting. Like everything else not stapled down circa 2016, it was an easy target for the Russian firehose of falsehood: an entire community of people wanting to believe some alternative bullshit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TigrisMorte@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago Is perfect if you are targeting easily gullible massively ignorant people. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone [S] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yeah, not the best place indeed permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) It used to be cheeky fun. Now it’s Alex jones and alt-right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] yesoutwater@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago Oh man, I would browse while on the shitter at work. It used to be one of my OGs. A lot of tinfoil. And you'd get the deep dives that didn't feel politically motivated (compared to today). Then, the Trumpeting. Like everything else not stapled down circa 2016, it was an easy target for the Russian firehose of falsehood: an entire community of people wanting to believe some alternative bullshit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TigrisMorte@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago Is perfect if you are targeting easily gullible massively ignorant people. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) It used to be cheeky fun. Now it’s Alex jones and alt-right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] yesoutwater@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago Oh man, I would browse while on the shitter at work. It used to be one of my OGs. A lot of tinfoil. And you'd get the deep dives that didn't feel politically motivated (compared to today). Then, the Trumpeting. Like everything else not stapled down circa 2016, it was an easy target for the Russian firehose of falsehood: an entire community of people wanting to believe some alternative bullshit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yesoutwater@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago Oh man, I would browse while on the shitter at work. It used to be one of my OGs. A lot of tinfoil. And you'd get the deep dives that didn't feel politically motivated (compared to today). Then, the Trumpeting. Like everything else not stapled down circa 2016, it was an easy target for the Russian firehose of falsehood: an entire community of people wanting to believe some alternative bullshit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TigrisMorte@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago Is perfect if you are targeting easily gullible massively ignorant people. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] somas@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) @Blaze If you want to avoid Reddit tracking altogether a redlib instance will let you do that https://libreddit.projectsegfau.lt/r/conspiracy/comments/170e8dp/reddit_comments_are_full_of_bots_reupload/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone [S] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Thanks for the link! I usually just use the Reddit link, I've had alternative viewers shut down in the past (e.g. Invidious instances for Youtube) and then people can't access the content anymore permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] somas@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago @Blaze Yes that’s a concern here as well but it’s pretty easy to run your own instance in Docker or whatever permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone [S] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Thanks for the link! I usually just use the Reddit link, I've had alternative viewers shut down in the past (e.g. Invidious instances for Youtube) and then people can't access the content anymore permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] somas@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago @Blaze Yes that’s a concern here as well but it’s pretty easy to run your own instance in Docker or whatever permalink fedilink source parent
[–] somas@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago @Blaze Yes that’s a concern here as well but it’s pretty easy to run your own instance in Docker or whatever permalink fedilink source parent
