This astroturfing issue on Reddit is still relevant in 2025!

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[–] 10 points 11 months ago

Way back in the day I was invited to a private sub that tracked various "stealth" advertising / scam / shill rings on Reddit. I guess one of the founding members noticed a comment or post of mine complaining about the very obvious behaviors I'd noticed, and turns out, there were a large number of people in this group keeping track of it.

I'm not going to bother watching a youtube video, but I have to wonder if it's pointing out the same kind of stuff we'd been noticing for well over a decade.

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