Why do you think that r/politics would have like 50k++ updoots when it comes to smearing those who dont agree their agenda and those that promote their agenda? What % of bots do you think exist there?
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Based on the few times I've checked it out since 2020, it's at least 60% bots. It also appears funding has run dry as more real people have left the platform.
Anecdotal evidence - Years ago, I bought an app called Hopwatch for my Android TV, which links to YouTube videos posted on subreddits such as /r/video without having to go to Reddit. It used to be anything but low effort/boring videos got at least 100-500 upvotes. Now there are many videos with 20 or less upvotes.
The only exception I saw was Johnny Depp/Amber Heard videos, which I think were artificially boosted so they'd be at the top of /r/videos, and thereby make it to the frontpage. These videos would have over 10,000 upvotes within an hour. Hard to believe when most of the top videos there take a day to accumulate ~5000 votes.