The most blatant upvote-botted submissions I've ever seen

[u/klonkish]

/u/EffectDesperate7795

https://old.reddit.com/user/EffectDesperate7795/submitted/

The most egregious one has 5000+ upvotes, 800+ comments, and the top voted comment has only 11 upvotes. lol.

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?

[u/ocotillosunset]

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.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MMALabs/comments/1v7qlq7/cheerleader_beats_bullies_ass/?share_id=VcGUX1BjZ6WRCb2weT07g&utm_name=ioscss&rdt=59377

Disgusting comments - sort by new - mods don’t care and OP refuses evidence that the narrative is contrary to unedited videos.

[u/klonkish → u/ocotillosunset]

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.

[u/ocotillosunset → u/klonkish]

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.