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Reddit seems to be scrambling behind the scenes to try and limit the effects of the migration. Damage control: ChatGPT bots are spamming pro-admin, astroturfed comments (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by fivezero@lemmy.world to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social

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Apologies if this is a repost. They’re scared lol.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Save3rdPartyApps/comments/14q12g7/subreddits_are_starting_to_see_spam_from/

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[–] LollerCorleone@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reddit admins have apparently used bots to populate content the way they want before as well: https://reddit.moe.ngo/r/SubredditDrama/comments/13p889x/reddit_admins_were_just_caught_using_bots_or_fake/

[–] Thorned_Rose@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Gees, the Admins aren't very smart. Least they could have done is go buy some karma farmed accounts and use those self-respecting bot spammers do.