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Someone (Reddit administrators?) was caught using chatGPT bots to flood the site with pro-admin comments. (news.ycombinator.com)
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  1. Someone (Reddit administrators?) was caught using chatGPT bots to flood the site with pro-admin comments.

  2. After /r/Programming exposed this, the subReddit was closed down.

  3. Rumor: the admins were the ones who close down the sub. Regardless, the astroturfing is evident.

SOURCES

  1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36361247

  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20230611210834/https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/146wn9s/meta_who_is_astroturfing_rprogramming_and_why/

  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20230612080526/https://i.imgur.com/4e9jO7P.jpg

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[-] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago

Yeah I speculated this was the case when the prevailing opinion of comments on the site made a sudden and drastic change in attitude. IIRC it stated shortly after spez made his infamous comments about how the blackout didn't matter and they didn't see any impact.

[-] garamasala@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I thought the same and it seemed quite obvious to me. It's absolutely pathetic. But it seems they can't even do that correctly.

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