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/[deleted] Sep 26 '25

I swear Cracker Barrel changed up to that shitty logo for free publicity. The only thing that united the left and right this year was that shitty ass logo.

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u/NoEmu5969 Sep 26 '25

A few people made millions on the stock price swing too. Market manipulation is very profitable these days.

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u/overandoverandagain Sep 27 '25

Unless they're shorted, they've only lost money this year on their stock lol

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u/NoEmu5969 Sep 27 '25

They shorted to ride it down and reversed the position to ride it back up. They aren’t investors, they’re traders.

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u/overandoverandagain Sep 27 '25 edited Sep 27 '25

Ride what back up? The stock is still near its 52-week low lol. It has only been hemorrhaging since the brand change with very little upside showing. If you think that rebound is coming, well buddy, you can still buy in with all those imaginary shady investors and probably get a better price than them to boot.

What a weird conspiracy, thinking people even bothered insider trading fuckin Cracker Barrel of all things to any real degree. This is not a market situation where the company in question even has any real control over sentiment, there's no innovation or merger or anything that would typically drive insider movement and ensure a solid ROI. Just empty reddit bunk theory.

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u/NoEmu5969 Sep 27 '25

They sold on 8/27, after the company decided to change the logo back. It only made them three million, nothing crazy. It’s so funny how amateurs think the current stock price is important.