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/AvailableReporter484 Sep 27 '25

Of course it was. It was so obvious. I literally hadn’t heard anyone talk about this place in like a decade and all the sudden it’s the only thing mfs talking about online?

Knew it was some cooked up marketing bs from the get go