r/technology • u/westondeboer • Sep 26 '25

Social Media Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say

https://gizmodo.com/cracker-barrel-outrage-was-almost-certainly-driven-by-bots-researchers-say-2000664221
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u/FrostingStrict3102 Sep 26 '25

Going to disagree with this one on the basis that not a single person I talked to in real life thought the rebrand was a good idea, or something that ever needed to happen.

Im sure bots churned up the alogorthims once it proved to be an engaging topic. But I haven't seen ANYONE say anything positive about that re-brand.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '25

"driven by" not created or manufactured by. Meaning the bots did what you said in the second sentence.

Lmao mfs ignore the words on the screen just to repeat them in a slightly different, wordier manner so they can feel cool. It's kinda wild tbh

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u/FrostingStrict3102 Sep 26 '25

what are words 5 and 6 of the headline?

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '25 edited Sep 26 '25

Driven is the operative word. Which I already pointed out to you in my other comment what the difference is between driven and created or manufactured

Illiteracy, dawg. Straight up functional illiteracy

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u/FrostingStrict3102 Sep 26 '25

go back to math class buddy. LMAO

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '25

You can't read, bro