It’s been fucked since the leadup to the 2016 murican election. Wasn’t perfect by any means before that, obviously already had paid shills and astroturfing, but that seems to be when everyone realized how much you could use it to influence people. Really kicked into high gear then
Nobody cares about Reddit these days. The bots took it over years ago. Like so many things, there was a time when it mattered.
It’s been fucked since the leadup to the 2016 murican election. Wasn’t perfect by any means before that, obviously already had paid shills and astroturfing, but that seems to be when everyone realized how much you could use it to influence people. Really kicked into high gear then
I used to think people were going OTT getting so angry about shills and saying it was a death knell. They were right