I remember when I first started noticing bots bad was in 2016. They have been there for a while now. It’s advertisers turn now though. It’s at the end stages
The Obama AMA was in 2012, That to me is the turning point for reddit, it’s when it’s population exploded overnight (which meant old users could no longer enforce cultural norms for the platform), it’s when news media really started taking the platform seriously and I think when a lot of the political influence of reddit was realized.
Bots have been doing this on Reddit forever, it’s a lot more noticeable now that most of the good users who generated content have left.
I remember when I first started noticing bots bad was in 2016. They have been there for a while now. It’s advertisers turn now though. It’s at the end stages
“Most Reddit Addicted City” was Eglin Air Force Base in 2014. Eglin has a history of research about social media influence at their facility.
https://archive.is/1jhHe
That post has been pretty blackholed by the internet at this point. The bots probably started as early as 2010-2012.
The Obama AMA was in 2012, That to me is the turning point for reddit, it’s when it’s population exploded overnight (which meant old users could no longer enforce cultural norms for the platform), it’s when news media really started taking the platform seriously and I think when a lot of the political influence of reddit was realized.