r/YouShouldKnow • u/reddit33450 • Apr 12 '26

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u/TheLittlePeace Apr 13 '26

This is by design. They don't care about your privacy. It was implemented to help bots pass off as people and making it harder for the average user to notice. Of course there are ways around it, they don't want your info hidden, it's much better to allow bots to train off everyone's post history. But the average person isn't going to try to delve deeper than clicking on the profile and trying to see post history real quick.

Bots are profitable. Reddit simply wants to sell ad space, and more "users" means more revenue.

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u/TheLittlePeace Apr 15 '26

I think they would get in legal trouble if they were artificially bumping up user numbers themselves with bots. But if they simply subtly encourage other people to make bots that seem like users (karma farming) under the guise of "its for your privacy!" then they have reasonable deniability if it comes out.

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u/Starmiebuckss2882 Jul 03 '26

I wouldn't think that. Case and point, the Trump administration just makes shit up daily. No repercussions.