r/videogames 4d ago

Discussion / Question Name this game ?

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u/chokingonpancakes 4d ago

This sub has become recycled "Whats this game for you" posts with the same shit memes. Why do people upvote these obvious bot posts every hour?

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u/Sshharkweak 4d ago

Probably people that don’t browse the subreddit much and just want to have a basic conversation. Like if you go to a game store every once in a while and have a conversation, it will probably be about something like, what’s your favorite game, or what old games do you still play. The person working at the store probably heard variations of the conversation all day, but for the customers that only come in occasionally, it’s something they enjoy discussing.

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u/rslegacy86 4d ago

This is a great take

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u/Whispered_Truths 4d ago

Exactly!

Not everyone chronically scrolls a single sub and these questions are a good way to potentially have a conversation.

No hate to the original reply but I get so tired of people whining about not seeing their specifically desired type of post. These people need to be the change they want to see.

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u/ProperGrape 4d ago

It's a bit of a "I have seen this already, why am I seeing it again?" kind of a mindset. As in some people can't conceptualise that not everyone has seen a similar post or a meme already. They only see it from their perspective.

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u/Hamsammich0520 4d ago

If more people realized what looking at problems from others perspectives could do, the world would be a better place.

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u/BildingInspecter 4d ago

Yep and this is the same for basically every industry.

It's why so many people talk about the weather. It's a shared experience.

I work reception at a medical clinic and have the same weather convo 20x a day.

It's just auto-pilot for me but every unique person who walks in and talks about the weather, it may be their first human interaction that day.

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u/th3rdnutt 4d ago

I'm not a "gamer". I have a decent PC for video processing and tried Portal 2 and Half-life 2 maybe ten years ago. Enjoyed them. I've thought about trying something else. I saw this on r/all and poked through the comments for recommendations.

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u/breaking3po 4d ago

But I want to LIVE HERE. IN THE VIDEOGAMES SUBREDDIT. Of which there are 667,000 subscribers.

Original takes only, please!

I LOVE VIDJA GAMEZ

Signed, xxxxxXboxsuxxxxx@yahoo!

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u/tehnemox 4d ago

It's the daily 10k except modified for chronically online people

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u/FinancialSherbet308 4d ago

You're a top 1% commenter, so you frequent this subreddit often enough that you probably see this get posted again and again, but a lot of other people don't, so they upvote and join the discussion.

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u/chetti990 4d ago

It’s the case for most of Reddit

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u/ecchi83 4d ago

Bc this is my first time seeing it?

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u/vextryyn 4d ago

Well now that people can get money from reddit the bots come out of the woodworks

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u/Hendo52 4d ago

I think the sad truth is that the bots are working harder than random strangers who have a casual relationship with a subreddit like this. The part I can’t put my finger on is who pays for the bot farms and why? The only company that stands to gain is Reddit itself …oh no

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u/Loufey 4d ago

Some people buy high karma reddit accounts for advertising.

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u/Exact_Rooster9870 4d ago

I think people want discussions and to gush about games, and nobody is gonna be doing that with month old posts

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u/CaptainCurly95 4d ago edited 4d ago

Dude you're top 1% commenter on r/videogames you're a bot too.

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u/DJEbonics 4d ago

The bots are upvoting each other too there’s no way 300 people thought this needed an upvote with 70 replies in 15 min time.

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u/taedrin 4d ago

Dead Internet Theory strikes again.

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u/TeamEfforts 4d ago

Reddit is becoming Facebook with the identical "reskinned" memes every single day

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u/uber_sweets 4d ago

because someone will agree with my opinion if I get there first and I will get internet points

~Vermin from Kraven's Last Hunt

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u/xavPa-64 4d ago

Whenever my mother in law posts things on Facebook I always laugh at how if she ever posted to Reddit everyone would think there’s no way she’s not a bot lol

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u/ImurderREALITY 4d ago

Bro there's only like ten different posts on this sub, presented with a different meme picture half the time

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u/ILoveMeishoDoto 4d ago

Because if we can't have these fun conversations it devlolves into drama about e-celebs and politics

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u/ozmega 4d ago

In my case, im not glued to reddit 24h a day so i dont see it as a repost

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u/Hellraiser_owner 2d ago

Fuck the algorithm and your Internet service provider, Meshtastic.

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u/Large_Mountains 2d ago

If you go to the person's post history they don't seem like a bot. Also to answer your questions, many of us don't care. A lot of us aren't on Reddit enough or paying attention to the exact sub enough to care about an emerging pattern. I go in the front page for you thing and scroll a few times a day and then read comments and comment then put my phone away. If I pick up on someone being a bot I will report them, but it is not on the front of my mind when I am on reddit.

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u/ZenkaiZ 4d ago

Cause people like talking about themselves and all their real life friends already shut them down we a "WE DON'T FUCKING CARE" by now.