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[–] mrodri89@lemmy.zip 5 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Its so obvious Reddit is just swarming with bot users. Not sure why most users haven't just come to Lemmy already.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 3 hours ago

there was a post a few years ago, that reddit was about half bot comments, mostly from propaganda sources. reddit has been cracking down on the wrong bots though, going after of accts mostly.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago (2 children)
  • Niche communities
  • Addictive algorithms
  • Fediverse complexity
[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Fediverse complexity is definitely part of it. But it does keep some of the riff raff out.

[–] mrodri89@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 hours ago

I honestly dont think its complicated. People who cant figure it out or look on YouTube wouldn't probably have great ideas to share. 😆