4chan specifically has been heavily botted since 2015 or so. I only briefly went there before, and /pol/ currently has massive amounts of things like forum sliding and worthless posts that are just meant to prevent actual discussion.
I believe that Twitter, Reddit, and Facebook also have bots to some degree. Likely to inflate numbers and generate a fake consensus. At the very least they are moderated to prevent organic growth from happening. Like Twitter's trends generally have to be approved or Youtube's tending page which is only filled with corporate bullshit.
4chan specifically has been heavily botted since 2015 or so. I only briefly went there before, and /pol/ currently has massive amounts of things like forum sliding and worthless posts that are just meant to prevent actual discussion.
I believe that Twitter, Reddit, and Facebook also have bots to some degree. Likely to inflate numbers and generate a fake consensus. At the very least they are moderated to prevent organic growth from happening. Like Twitter's trends generally have to be approved or Youtube's tending page which is only filled with corporate bullshit.