As we near the end of #relaunchweek, here is one of our original investigations into Reddit and its bot and shilling problem. #Reddit #PointReddit is being g...
This astroturfing issue on Reddit is still relevant in 2025!
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.
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.