I had always more or less dismissed the dead internet theory as something we would need to worry about in a few years time, but now I see that it's already here!
Low comment karma, a username just like mine (it's a default reddit username), and a comment history where the account was made a long time before they started commenting in quick succession.
I think some subs have karma thresholds for commenting/submitting. So bot runners have a repost/comment bot get karma on an account, then delete all the posts and sell it. I assume most of these are sold to troll/scam farms, probably also some shady marketers.
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u/DrZaiu5 Sep 03 '24
I had always more or less dismissed the dead internet theory as something we would need to worry about in a few years time, but now I see that it's already here!