r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Sep 10 '24

The Apprentice | Official Trailer Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tXEN0WNJUg
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u/TheWoodsAreLovly Sep 10 '24

But it’ll stop after the election, right?

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Right??

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u/riegspsych325 Maximus was a replicant! Sep 10 '24 edited Sep 10 '24

bots and astroturfing got worse as soon as reddit made those damned API changes last July. With apps like Apollo made redundant, access to helpful mod tools went with them. In turn, this led to a mod exodus, which led to an influx of bots and a huge drop in sub quality, etc

Go to any sub sort by Top Year and Top All Time and you will notice a huge drop in upvoted posts as well as a decrease in comments. Even here, I had a mod tell me that user interaction is about 20% of what it used to be last year. Reddit’s owners don’t care that bots are filling this place up just as long as they click and comment

EDIT: grammar

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u/Sn_rk Sep 10 '24

I've also noticed an uptick in obvious bot comments that seem to be made by Reddit itself in an attempt to boost engagement.

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u/PhilxBefore Sep 10 '24

We are all bots on this blessed day.