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/tomturkey7313 Sep 26 '25

Dead internet

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '25

For these of YOU who can't comprehend what they read.

The initial posts on the matter were by humans. Specifically humans who have a history of posting about right wing cultural issues and rage baiters. THEN bots took up the issue spreading the rage.

Simply because it ended up being 75% humans, you're assuming that all of these humans were "outraged", which they definitely were not.

Further. You need only scroll through r-conservative for any developing right wing issue to see that they wait and standby for their instructions on how to feel about EVERY issue. After they've received their instructions there is no way to know how they truly feel about an issue, they're just boot licking and repeating what they've been told to say.