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Great_Zarquon t1_j2dq5gj wrote

It's been the same thing in /r/movies for a couple weeks but any mention of it is getting shut down, it's pretty clear that either a) the subs are getting hijacked by people trying to farm content for / test AI accounts or b) the mods decided they have something to gain by opening the floodgates and priotizing quantity over quality. The sudden increase in the number of hollow low-effort engagement bait posts is pretty crazy and there's been no discussion about it.

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Diamond-Is-Not-Crash t1_j2fqblw wrote

I’ve noticed this on r/futurology too, so many very low effort discussion posts. I had no idea what was causing the spikes. But it doesn’t bode well for online discussion if this is the work of bots/AI accounts. Soon every post must just be low effort spam.

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djnicko t1_j2egyne wrote

I don't remember any time it being brought up being shut down. I remember the first post I saw about it noting it was some strange reddit algorithm change amplifying text only posts. And as another person mentioned, they are trying to quash it.

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maricatu t1_j2fmev7 wrote

I think there just aren't many mods for the amount of trafic these subs have. Or any of the major subs actually.

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Mentoman72 t1_j2eal80 wrote

Maybe there isn't much actual news happening right now with the holidays as well? There also just isn't much new content at the moment, I think things will even back out after the new year.

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