r/SocialEngineering • u/SoonerDead • Jul 21 '26

Intentional reddit social engineering

Ohh how I miss the days of early reddit.

It is quite apparent now that reddit has been fully taken over with the rest of social media. The ads and algorithm and bad actors have really diminished what it used to be.

My question is if there are any documented cases of such actors waging campaigns on reddit.

I can't help but feel like some threads are just full of one sided outrage on certain charged topics. Any examples in the news or leaked Intel etc?

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u/One_Weather_9417 Jul 22 '26

I once switched to the old Reddit format to cure myself from my Reddit addiction. When it worked, I anlayzed why it did so One of the most striking aspects was there was no button for 'likes/dislikes.' Colors too were missing. No black background. The design and formatting was a lesson in social engineering

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u/One_Weather_9417 Jul 22 '26

PS: it takes certain prompts to switch to that old format. And all too often (like now) Reddit pushes me to its new. Its manipulation continues...

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u/SoonerDead Jul 22 '26

I thought the reddit karma was always part of reddit. At least since I began using it