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Yeah I originally realized that sub was being astroturfed hard after the election campaign.
In the runup to the vote the sub was slammed with pro-Vallas posters including a lot of "I voted for Chuy and I don't like it but I reluctantly have to go with Vallas" or "I was skeptical because I'm a progressive but I'm just worried that Johnson isn't ready so I'm going with Vallas" and similar type content. Judging by that sub it seemed like Vallas was going to win in a landside.
Then the day after the election all that stuff was completly gone. None of those people were on saying anything like "I think we made the wrong choice" or what. If they were real people earnestly expressing their opinions I'd think they'd still be on the next day expressing concern or disappointment or anything. They were just all gone. That's when I realized they were paid shills and the contract ended the day of the election. They weren't around because they were all off the clock.