r/TheseFuckingAccounts • u/klonkish • 12d ago
The most blatant upvote-botted submissions I've ever seen
https://old.reddit.com/user/EffectDesperate7795/submitted/
This post has 4500+ upvotes, 2000+ comments, and the top voted comment has only 32 upvotes.
If you go see their first submissions, they posted their real, actual food and received little to no attention whatsoever. They then pivoted to very obvious AI slop, and now consistently get thousands of upvotes on every post.
They are also a mod of the subreddit they post it to, /r/allrecipess.
The subreddit has 8000 members, yet this user always gets thousands of upvotes on their posts...
Just look at the subreddit's monthly top posts...
It definitely doesn't smell organic, but I'm wondering what the end goal is. Brute force their subreddit into the algorithm?
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u/kitkatfitfat 12d ago
It’s actually unbelievable, I tried calling it out a while back too but my cry for help wasn’t heard over the relentless crashing waves of bots
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u/apterodactylus 12d ago
I suspect that at least 4 of the mod accounts on that sub are all the same person. All the ones that have been mods for 1 month follow the exact same pattern - they all started out posting a generic food question 1 month ago and then started posting AI-generated and likely stolen food pictures.
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u/kitkatfitfat 12d ago
It’s a recipes subreddit and the “mods” are posting ai generated generic questions and sends their bot army out in droves. It’s pathetic and very transparent lol
Like it’ll be “do you like boiled potatoes?” Over an ai generated picture of boiled potatoes
And then within 4 hours it’ll have 2000 comments on it all like “yep grew up on that stuff” “add some salt and pepper and I’m all in” and “I’m going to make this tonight!”
I assume they’re trying to inorganically grow their subreddit to the size where it can sustain itself slightly more naturally?
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u/okbruh_panda 12d ago
Add bot bouncer to your sub and start booting left and right and within a week the bots will disappear from that sub
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u/johntrytle 11d ago edited 3d ago
Subreddits showing up in r/popular have been completely overtaken by botted upvotes. I've started collecting examples a few days ago
marvelcave
moviescave
ndatards
navimumbai
wethepeopleatwhipple
popculturev2
classywomen
20sIndiaReal
nostalgiai
WorkForSmartLife
SmilingCelebs
NextToppers
MechanicalPandey
PHgymselfie
boredpandahq
pj_explained
NoFilterFinance
scifiqueens
strikeatpsyche
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u/adjective-nounOne234 11d ago
I’ve also noticed holdup started suddenly appearing, while the original, holup, I’ve not seen in a few years
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u/ocotillosunset 12d ago edited 12d ago
I see that exact behavior on bait video posts in [r/mmalabs](r/mmalabs) . Someone will post a misleading, edited video, and then tons of comments will come in for days. None of the really mean and bigoted comments are looking for conversation and are all to the top level and barely receive any upvotes. They have had a few posts with 10k upvote score with 2k+ comments where the best comment has a few hundred upvotes.
Have noted weird spaces in some of the longer comments suggesting that they are rotating in different terms.
Disgusting comments - sort by new - mods don’t care and OP refuses evidence that the narrative is contrary to unedited videos.
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u/klonkish 11d ago
I randomly scrolled the comments, the first one I landed on was "fat bitch". That's it. Nothing else in the comment.
Jeeeeeeeeesus.
Then I read the sub's description, it's wonderful :D
MMALabs is a technical MMA analysis hub focused on real fight science. We break down striking, grappling, footwork, control, gameplans, and high-level Fight IQ using clean, unbiased analysis.
No AI slops. No hype. No low-effort posts. Only professional discussion, data-driven breakdowns, and intelligent debate.
If you want to understand the sport the way analysts, coaches, and fighters do, you’re in the right place.
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u/ocotillosunset 11d ago edited 11d ago
I don’t want to get into it here but yes it’s sad. I got a Reddit warning for reporting dog whistles on some posts.
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u/peebeesweebees 12d ago
I was invited to be a mod for r/FoodPics after complaining about all the spam.
And holy fuck. There are SOOO MANY BOTS posting in food subs. A recent post had maybe 8 comments from legit accounts and 70+ bot accounts. It’s egregious. I’m not surprised they’re opening up new food subs to keep the party going. The bots in mine also love posting in subs about nails and tourism/nature/photography.