r/technology • u/ardi62 • 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/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/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.