• BynarsAreOk [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    1 day ago

    I think reddit is just as filled with bots though, the main issue is all the repost karma farming accounts. Its just as easy to have an endless amount of accounts posting useless comments too, like I’m going to any front page post and its a god fucking miracle if the first 5 or so top comments are not completely useless jokes about the OP. As a result imo a majority of subs are completely unsusable and impossible to actualy see any discussion about anything.

    Any front page post is always 10 top level comments with 50 replies all on the same variation of the same joke against the OP or the topic. Is that “real” user behaviour? Perhaps but certainly doesn’t seem like it from my experience years ago before “AI”, but maybe I’m biased.

    • LeninsBeard [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      I think it’s more so niche hobby/resource subs that aren’t really targeted by bots. Stuff like the sysadmin sub or the various subs for individual applications are super helpful to me as someone who works in that field. What you’re saying definitely rings true for default subs or very large subs though.