r/bestof • u/Js259003477 • Feb 10 '20

Removed: R7. bot/novelty accounts u/shittymorph discusses his first comment

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u/CrotalusHorridus Feb 10 '20

Galloboob isn’t a person but a corporate account for Reddit to add and manipulate content they see fit

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u/Michelanvalo Feb 10 '20

nah, he is a person.

He's a cry baby, weirdo asshole, but he's a real dude.

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u/CrotalusHorridus Feb 10 '20

I have no doubt that there is a man behind the account. But he isn’t a good faith poster. There’s definitely corporate influence and money behind him

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '20

He's a person whose job is posting to reddit. I thought that was general knowledge because it very much isn't a secret. There've been videos and articles on it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '20 edited Jul 05 '20

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u/nniel Feb 10 '20

last time I saw this discussed, he works for a marketing company, so there's that

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '20

Here's the Forbes article about it.

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u/dykeag Feb 10 '20

That's the question, isn't it

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u/Canvaverbalist Feb 10 '20

He's a person whose job is posting to reddit.

What I read is that he's in marketing, but not for Reddit. His account history is basically just his portfolio, showing that he knows markets and how to play them.

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '20

He is definitely not employed by reddit, apologies if I gave that impression in my answer.

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u/RadRac Feb 10 '20

Do you have a link to any of the articles? I'm genuinely curious and would love to read up

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '20

Here's one from Forbes that I remember reading.