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[–] UnderpantsWeevil 20 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

I remember when /r/HailCorporate was a trending sub and then it just sort of got strangled to death.

Also remember the periodic waves of "Hillary is bae! Mother of dragons! Yas Queen!" and "I love Mayor Pete" and "KHive ftw!" and even a smattering of Mitt Romney fanboi-ism on /r/politics, as their campaigns rose and fell.

Nevermind the absolutely sycophantic corporate ghoul AMAs. Bill Gates, Ann Coulter, and Don Lemon all leap to mind. Just the absolute worst moderation imaginable for these guys. Then there was the Elon Musk AMA. Jesus fucking Christ.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

oh yah, I remember the absolute torrent of crypto shills that started spamming the place when crypto shill posts from other subs started getting posted there.

They were proper angry that they got called out.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I remember one specific account that spammed everything pro Tulsi into the politics subreddit. It was glaringly obvious that they were paid.

Just checked on him, 5 months ago he was posting to sports subreddits... which also feels like a red flag.

[–] Gigasser 5 points 6 months ago

Is it a possibility that shill accounts are using sports subreddits to obfuscate the fact that they are still accounts? Like "Hey there fellow citizens, I'm totally a normal poster and a red blooded American who really likes sports!".

[–] cmbabul 4 points 6 months ago

The only subreddit I still check is /r/cfb because it’s by far the best college football specific part of the internet and my Fanactus account seems to have been deleted. I’m not disclosing what my old account was but I was a upper mid level account there for about 7 years, not bragging just framing, it has gotten really fucking shilly in comparison to even last year although itd been happening for a while. It crescendoed with the release of the new college football madden analog, which does make logical sense for why, but there was some hard corporate dick riding. I don’t care for sports video games that don’t involve Mario or have the word Jam in the title so I don’t know if the game is any good but it was obviously paid

[–] Cryophilia 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Also remember the periodic waves of “Hillary is bae! Mother of dragons! Yas Queen!” and “I love Mayor Pete” and “KHive ftw!” and even a smattering of Mitt Romney fanboi-ism on /r/politics, as their campaigns rose and fell.

Literally no, I was there and I don't recall that at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Perhaps the record was corrected after you left.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Remember to ShareBlue!

My eyes were opened that election.

[–] rwhitisissle 4 points 6 months ago

Those of us who noticed when HailCorporate first got shadowbanned could see that particular train a coming. Reddit was always going to strangle its own content to death in order to make it more advertiser friendly. I'm honestly surprised it took as long as it did.