The thing is, these recent ban waves they have been going after the low hanging fruits. Of accounts, small advertisers, and not the problematic ones like the state sponsored political troll accounts, at least not in large numbers, both by RU and the US, but we know they represent a large amount of traffic on the site. Many articles posted on Reddit was pointed out as being a bot too.
I mean when everyone else is jettisoning moderation, reddit is cracking down on bots and trolls? I don’t hate it.
Sure, but isn’t Reddit the one who gets to choose what counts as bannable?
I mean they’re deciding based on what falls as violent on whatever arbitrary classifiers they’re feeling that day.
The thing is, these recent ban waves they have been going after the low hanging fruits. Of accounts, small advertisers, and not the problematic ones like the state sponsored political troll accounts, at least not in large numbers, both by RU and the US, but we know they represent a large amount of traffic on the site. Many articles posted on Reddit was pointed out as being a bot too.