shish_mish@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoHow social media’s biggest user protest rocked Redditwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1335cross-posted to: RedditMigration@kbin.socialreddit@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1335external-linkHow social media’s biggest user protest rocked Redditwww.theguardian.comshish_mish@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square66fedilinkcross-posted to: RedditMigration@kbin.socialreddit@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squarePotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·9 months agoSo many comments/posts look like bots. Reddit always had a “repost” problem. But this time, not only am I feeling like I already saw this post, but also all the top comments? Just regurgitation of posts from years ago.
minus-squareLividpeon@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·9 months agoIts karma farm, they wait to repost a popular post, then post the most popular comments from the old one verbatim. Its gotten really bad
So many comments/posts look like bots.
Reddit always had a “repost” problem. But this time, not only am I feeling like I already saw this post, but also all the top comments? Just regurgitation of posts from years ago.
Its karma farm, they wait to repost a popular post, then post the most popular comments from the old one verbatim. Its gotten really bad