I go back and forth on the level of astroturfing on plebbit. Obviously many mod positions on important boards are compromised like you say, that's a given. But take r/baseball for example, the comments are usually giga cucked. But a few times over the years it's been as if a switch was flipped and the astroturfing bot farms were off for the day and tons of normalcy shines through in the comments. It's kind of eerie.
Those of us that were on reddit the day Hillary Clinton got chucked into a van like a side of beef remember when all the politics bots stopped while they waited for marching orders.
I go back and forth on the level of astroturfing on plebbit. Obviously many mod positions on important boards are compromised like you say, that's a given. But take r/baseball for example, the comments are usually giga cucked. But a few times over the years it's been as if a switch was flipped and the astroturfing bot farms were off for the day and tons of normalcy shines through in the comments. It's kind of eerie.
That is when the contracts are being renegotiated
Bot farms need their cash flow.
Those of us that were on reddit the day Hillary Clinton got chucked into a van like a side of beef remember when all the politics bots stopped while they waited for marching orders.