I think the bigger problem is the torrent of bot posts on this sub recently. Some of them aren't even goon bait, they're just straight up racist or misogynistic.
The increased bot activity is a overall reddit problem. We try to remove the obvious ones but they are getting pretty ingenious and subsequently harder to identify.
Also reddit has made it exponentially harder to judge an account's validity by giving malicious users the ability to hide their post/comment history.
And most of the times when you check why they hide their history is either a malicious activity or spam (to hit karma threshold for maliciously activity).
It feels like 1 in 10 people do it just for others to not stalk them.
Fr make a post opposite to someone's beliefs and you dont have that shit turned off, now you have a permanent downvote and snark comment on everything else you post
I've been using reddit for 14 years and get into political arguments a lot and I've never had that happen to me. Not saying it never happens, but it's not common.
This just reads like bot or malicious user bullshit. Of course there is a reason to want to see another redditor’s post history, particularly when discussing controversial topics - at the very least it tells you whether or not they are engaging in good faith.
This just reads like bot or malicious user bullshit. Of course there is a reason to want to see another redditor’s post history, particularly when discussing controversial topics - at the very least it tells you whether or not they are engaging in good faith.
It’s also useful for positive reasons - if a user posts about something I’m interested in, it’s handy to see what/where else they post.
I do it only because I'm in a lot of subreddits and I'm sick of people stalking my posts and/or comments and making judgements on me based on assumptions. I just want my question answered or to share something that made me happy lol, I don't need redditors seeing my chronic illness posts and claiming I'm not disabled because I wanted to show a cute pic of my cats. Also people will do that to try and catch you in a "gotcha" and as someone who had to grow up in a maga Christian household I've had my fair fucking share of "gotchas" and I'm over it. I know who I am and what I believe in, it's annoying to have strangers choose who you are based on one thing they misunderstood in your post history. It's personal preference for me, I don't think there's many wrong ways to do it unless you're nasty
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u/chronicbruce27 Jul 03 '26
I think the bigger problem is the torrent of bot posts on this sub recently. Some of them aren't even goon bait, they're just straight up racist or misogynistic.