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Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say (gizmodo.com)

submitted 1 year ago by miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Did anyone actually think the IHOP rebranding was real? That looked like a promo trying to force itself viral from the second they announced it.

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[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

No, I think that was always pretty obvious. There are other times (like this with Cracker Barrel) where it’s more up for debate

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