this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2023
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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In the early days of Reddit it's motto was fake it until you make it. It was a ghost town so they set up an army of bots to generate content and fake activity. Not much has changed tbh.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It's just now scam artists and annoying people who have taken over the bot market

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The subreddit simulator must date from the late stages of that era