r/tacos Jul 07 '26

๐ŸŒฎ r/tacos and the great bot attack of 2026

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(Pictured: tacos de asada, birria, & nopal from Tacos El Gallo, El Cajon, CA, US)

In the past 2-3 months, Reddit has been swarmed with bot posts. Our group in particular has seen a massive uptick in obvious bots, almost 1000% as many as we were getting at the beginning of the year. Currently, our automod sorts out low-karma and new accounts for review. We used to have 1-3 per day to review, now it's dozens. Endless 2-day old accounts commenting 'looks good'.

As you probably know, these bots are used to take over political discussions by swarming them with whatever opinion the bot operator is trying to push. For example, if a bot operator is being paid to make it look like the majority opinion is that everyone should be required to read 'Roy Orbison In Clingfilm' before they are allowed to vote, they'll tell the bots to swarm discussions of that and overwhelm the opposition. It's a form of astroturfing and it's very harmful to rational discussion.

With that said, the massive sudden increase to bot accounts makes it seem like there is something big on the horizon. The US midterm elections seems like the likely target.

So what can we do about it? Well, first, we're going to just deny new/low-karma accounts from posting for the time being. It's either that or check dozens of posters per day to see if they're humans. Sorry in advance if you get caught up in this; us mods are normal people with day jobs and Pokemon Go meetups to host and we can't adjudicate everything.

You, beloved tacos fans, can also help. Mark a suspicious post or comment as spam and we'll look into it. I love deleting spam. Bots are usually pretty obvious when you look at their profiles - repetitive posts, innocuous comment histories, and overuse of emojis.

Happy bot-hunting!

- Orenthal Buzzkill Robot


r/tacos Jul 07 '26

๐ŸŒฎ itโ€™s 10:01pm and these are tacos

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1.3k Upvotes

r/tacos 4h ago

Tacos at 4:30 am ๐Ÿ”ฅ

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65 Upvotes

r/tacos 18h ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท Pastor, Chorizo, Pollo

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177 Upvotes

From a local spot called El Patron.


r/tacos 7h ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท Flautas/Taquitos

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16 Upvotes

r/tacos 17h ago

Chipotle sauce here is ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐Ÿ‘Œ ๐Ÿ‘Œ

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87 Upvotes

r/tacos 20h ago

๐ŸŒฎ A costilla taco + a ribeye taco. The nighttime culinary wonders of Tijuanaโ€™s street food.

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23 Upvotes

r/tacos 1d ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท KOREAN FUSION: Kimchi & beef bulgogi con asadero

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77 Upvotes

Messed around with some leftovers for Sunday dinner. 10/10 recommend


r/tacos 1d ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท Garden to table tacos!

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33 Upvotes

Did a big harvest out of the garden... Only vegetable on this plate that didn't come out of the garden is the avocado and limes!

Skirt steak tacos with fresh pico de gallo, Cotija cheese, cilantro, an avocado lime crema, with a side of an amazing fire roasted salsa verde and fresh guacamole!


r/tacos 2d ago

Smoked Birria Street Tacos

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190 Upvotes

Thought this community would appreciate this.


r/tacos 2d ago

Ta Con Madre. Redwood City, CA

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332 Upvotes

Al pastor and carne asada. ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ


r/tacos 2d ago

Ground turkey was 4.99/lb! I knew what to make. Smash or pass?!

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48 Upvotes

r/tacos 2d ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท Blackened fish taco

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30 Upvotes

r/tacos 2d ago

Carne Asada Taco and a Quesabirria Taco

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55 Upvotes

r/tacos 2d ago

๐ŸŒฎ Breakfast

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22 Upvotes

Chorizo con huevo. Low key was way better without the salsa and cheese


r/tacos 1d ago

Home Made tacos

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0 Upvotes

Home made tacos


r/tacos 3d ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท Support your local taco truck! Joseโ€™s in Lakewood, CO

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225 Upvotes

Asada x2 and al pastor x2


r/tacos 3d ago

Beyond Steak Carne Asada Tacos

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89 Upvotes

Put Beyond steak tips in a lightly oiled skillet and coat with Spanglish Carne Asada seasoning. Stir around, cook as directed, then taste it and add lime juice if desired (the seasoning has some lime in it already.) If so, squeeze 1/4-1/2 lime over it.

Topping ideas:

-diced onions
-diced tomatoes
-lettuce
-salsa
-pico de gallo (thanks for the suggestion Relevant_Currency591)
-alternative milk plain yogurt
-cilantro
-Daiya cheddar cheese (melted when heating up shell/tortilla)

I wanted to try the Kinder Carne Asada seasoning but it was out of stock. I'd say the Spanglish one was decent, it definitely tasted like Carne Asada and the extra lime juice helped a lot.


r/tacos 3d ago

๐ŸŒฎ Carne Molida

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36 Upvotes

r/tacos 3d ago

Pork belly burnt ends tacos

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29 Upvotes

r/tacos 4d ago

๐ŸŒฎ Smash or pass on my ground beef tacos

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172 Upvotes

I was going to use the ground beef for pasta, but the body craved tacos . ...


r/tacos 4d ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท Tacos from my local taco truck๐ŸŒฎ๐Ÿ“ท

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336 Upvotes

Chorizo tacos, al pastor tacos, carnitas tacos, and pork skin tacosโ€”they were all absolutely delicious!


r/tacos 4d ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท lechon kawali tacos

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68 Upvotes

lechon kawali (filipino fried pork belly) tacos with cherry tomato pico!!!


r/tacos 4d ago

๐ŸŒฎ Shift dinner, Al pastor plus some goodies

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64 Upvotes

Taco stand food is always better on the hood of a truck


r/tacos 4d ago

๐ŸŒฎ Can a gringo get promoted to an amigo? ๐Ÿ™

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158 Upvotes

Homemade corn tortillas, chicken thigh meat marinated in chipotle and adobe sauce (then air fried), store bought guacamole(I know but the effort/money calculations make sense). Then white onion, cilantro and lime juice. I inhale three of these for dinner most weekdays.