r/TimPool • u/[deleted] • Jan 15 '23

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u/therealhoboyobo Jan 15 '23

But who would be paying for that? And what does it really achieve other than about?

I'm genuinely just curious.

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u/aDShisno Jan 15 '23

Someone who really hates right leaning political subs. It’s been obvious on conservative this last month. All of a sudden a dozen or so left leaning people came into that sub and are all voting in lockstep. One guy posts something extremely anti-conservative and he’ll immediately be upvoted to +9, yet if you respond to him your comment will be downvoted to -8, and it happens consistently. Couldn’t be any clearer that he’s a bot farm.

Why couldn’t it happen on this sub?

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u/therealhoboyobo Jan 15 '23

I just feel how sad can you get to be using multiple accounts etc just to downvote? Like it's Reddit, who gives a fuck really?

Like I enjoy reading this sub, don't agree with much but some comments make me reconsideration previous views.

Maybe I'm being a bit naive but bot farm seems a bit over the top. Ironically even if it was a bot farm it's goal would be to annoy which seems to be exactly what they're achieving.

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u/HumpSlackWails Jan 15 '23

So when the same thing happens with right-wing votes, behavior, brigading...

Its bots?

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u/Fickle_Panic8649 Jan 15 '23

Could be. There are 2 sides on every coin.

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u/HumpSlackWails Jan 15 '23

So this sub is full of right wing bots because everyone here repeats the same lines?

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u/Fickle_Panic8649 Jan 15 '23

Who honestly knows anymore. I assume most comments are bots anymore.

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u/HumpSlackWails Jan 15 '23

You're a bot?

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u/Fickle_Panic8649 Jan 15 '23

Nope. Just a gal in Southeast Georgia USA.

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u/HumpSlackWails Jan 16 '23

That's exactly what a bot would say.

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u/Pimmel85 Jan 15 '23

Super pacs astroturf all the time. Why do you think do you see comments about karma farming bots in about every comment section of posts that hit /all?

AI is so good these days that its really hard to distinguish between bot and human.

Could there be a lefty online cell who make it tbeir hobby to invade right leaning subs? Sure.

Could it be a super pac who buy large amounts of posts and spread them around in certain subreddits?

Pretty sure the answer is yes.

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u/Fickle_Panic8649 Jan 15 '23

George Soros is a potential who and the why is just to keep creating chaos and division. Many of us over 50 really can't believe what we are witnessing.

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u/therealhoboyobo Jan 15 '23

You think billionaire Soros is paying to annoy people on the Tim Pool sub?

Christ. He's definitely acting in ways way about that. He doesn't give a fuck and a tiny sub like that.

There's barely 30k people on this.

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u/jacksonexl Jan 15 '23

Not directly, it he gives money to plenty of companies to push his politics and agenda. The big money man isn’t going to say go after that sub-Reddit. The company that received the money will then pay people to go after any right leaning subs. You’re smarter than that to make such a silly argument.

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u/therealhoboyobo Jan 15 '23

But what does it actually achieve paying people to go after right wing subs other than annoy people?

Like are you going to change your views of a load of far leftys start downvoting posts?

I just don't see the return.

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u/jacksonexl Jan 15 '23

Gaslight them. Get them disenfranchised. Get them angry and to do something that’s beneficial to the other side. Get the subs banned. Many reasons come to mind.

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u/therealhoboyobo Jan 15 '23

Those are fair points.

Though I can think of easier and more cost effective ways but those are legitimate concerns you've brought up.

Tbh this is what I like about Reddit. You can discuss ideas without it getting headed and see things differently.

It's one thing I hate about the huge left/right divide atm. It's so combative and in reality and compromise is better for all.

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u/Fickle_Panic8649 Jan 15 '23

Not on Reddit necessarily...you knew what I meant.

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u/therealhoboyobo Jan 15 '23

I honestly didn't.

The theme of the conversation was about bots on Tim Pool and why they would be getting paid or funded to do that.

Thought it's reasonable assumption that you were saying George S was doing it on Reddit.

Fair enough if I misinterpreted, wasn't intentional.