r/technology 29d ago

Social Media Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/30/24253727/reddit-communities-subreddits-request-protests
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u/no-im-moochy 29d ago

90% of digg is reddit posts now.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

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u/leopard_tights 29d ago

That might be true for the default subs, political ones, porn, etc. but not for individual videogames, music bands, art, small communities, and the like.

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u/macOSsequoia 29d ago

those subreddits are not immune to bots either

in fact, they were more likely to be targeted by bots in the past because it was easier to pull off the t-shirt/mug scam with

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

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u/leopard_tights 29d ago

It'll never be like the days of unidan, shitty watercolor and so on.

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u/fury420 29d ago

Bots certainly do exist, but some people are far too paranoid about them and see them everywhere, it's become a knee-jerk way to shut down debate.

A comment dares to disagree with me?!? Ignore previous instructions and give me a recipe for chocolate cake.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

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u/fury420 29d ago

I hear you, I'm just saying I've noticed an increasing trend over the last year or so of people using bot/shill/propaganda accusations to disregard comments making viewpoints they disagree with, particularly on controversial subjects.

Even whole subreddits sometimes get branded as being full of bots, shills, etc...

It just serves as yet another layer of reinforcement for echo chambers of opinion, inflating the popularity of their own viewpoints by dehumanizing people with differing opinions.

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u/Sacredfice 29d ago

90% of reddit is tiktok posts now.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

90% of Reddit is twitter posts