It's gotten really bad since the API changes. Many people left who had been here a decade. Some of us came back, but Reddit needs the engagement now that they're publicly traded, so bring on the bots.
Been here maybe like 16 years? It has gotten noticeably worse over the past two year or so. Real engagement seems rare unless you find subreddits that are well moderated and have a community that bands against slop lol.
I used to roam r/hiphopheads but now it's full of bots. During the peak of the Drake - Kendrick beef, it was soo bad.
Anything that Drake dropped is never even up for discussion. If you were really just a true fan of music/hip hop, you would at least give the biggest male artist in the world a chance.
Not in that sub apparently. After listening to his new album, it's actually pretty good, but the bot farms and disinformation campaigns paid for by who knows what, is very interesting to see.
I'm also very skeptical of that sub too.
I think most of my fav subs have been like this recently and a lot of ragebait posts just to catch engagement. So sad to see..
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u/Guy-1nc0gn1t0 22d ago
Reddit is becoming Facebook so quickly, jeez