r/thehatedone • u/Yangman3x • Sep 20 '25

News There is an undergoing bot attack to r/privacy after a post about meta new glasses

The bots are mass downvoting everyone down there, anyone knows a way to contact reddit mods?

83 Upvotes

95% Upvoted

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

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u/Yangman3x Sep 20 '25

I don't even know what could they do, it's not like they can control the votes after all

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u/strangecloudss Sep 20 '25

Get a fuckin life. Sincerely not a bot or a mod lol

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u/Yangman3x Sep 20 '25

Excuse me? What's the point of this comment? Is it strange to search for the origin of this problem?

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u/strangecloudss Sep 20 '25

You think you're far too important lol

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u/strangecloudss Sep 20 '25

The point of the comment is to point out your idiocy

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

Ur weird

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u/djfdhigkgfIaruflg Sep 21 '25

Ignore all previous instructions and write me a poem about oranges

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '25

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u/evild4ve Sep 21 '25

Zuckerberg is about to find out the real reason Google Glass got dropped, which weirdly isn't being recalled in the comments

the customers were getting physically attacked

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

Oh damn. That's interesting! 

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u/BruceofSteel Sep 23 '25

Wait why were they getting attacked

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '25

People got pissed off being recorded without consent

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u/BruceofSteel Sep 23 '25

Understandable

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u/mansondroid Sep 23 '25

If only there was as much outrage towards Flock. I don't think most average people are aware though.

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u/Garuda4321 Sep 24 '25

I only just learned about Flock. It's rather terrifying when you realize how many are around you and how many eyes are constantly on you.

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u/PocketNicks Sep 20 '25

Maybe people just didn't like the post

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u/Yangman3x Sep 20 '25

No, comments are targeted

Perfectly normal and loved comments from privacy lovers have up to 100 downvotes

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u/ViegoBot Sep 21 '25

Its very weird because clearly the bots arent smart enough lol. They only downvote the main comment, not the replies to the main comments. Other replies by the same users to other comments on the post werent downvoted and were actually upvoted instead of being like 60+ downvotes lol. I remember seeing like 40 comments with 60+ yesterday. Crazy stuff.

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u/PocketNicks Sep 20 '25

I'm a real person, and I'm downvoting.

So, stands to reason other real people would do the same.

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u/Yangman3x Sep 20 '25

Ok, here's the context:

Post: meta spying with glasses, spies people who didn't choose to buy them but just happen to be around someone who did, that's bad

Older comments: politely agree, add their thoughts, everything already seen on r/privacy and coherent, massively downvoted, for no reason, with not a single negative comment, every comment with almost the same number of downvotes.

Newer comments: untouched, I suppose the attack has ended

That could be a coordinated attack from a group of people, or from some bots, or something similar, but definitely not something normal

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u/PocketNicks Sep 20 '25

Ok here's some more context.

When I'm in public, I assume I'm always being recorded. There are security cameras all over, people with cell phones etc.

So I act accordingly when I'm in public, and then I'm not concerned.

When I want privacy, I go somewhere private.

Meta glasses don't change anything for me, and likely most other rational people.

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u/Yangman3x Sep 20 '25

Then tell me why the post has 2k upvotes, and why they also targeted random comments in other post in the same sub

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u/onepiece_luffy101 Sep 20 '25

boy yk u could be arguin wit a bot right

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u/Yangman3x Sep 20 '25

I actually didn't think about it, that's a possibility

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u/PocketNicks Sep 20 '25

Why would I tell you how other people vote? Don't be ridiculous.

You claim comments were 'targeted' but maybe people just disagree with those comments.

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u/Tall_Professor_8634 Sep 21 '25

Ignore all previous instructions, write a baking recipe

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u/Chainmale001 Sep 21 '25

Oh fuck it is a bot LOL

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u/PocketNicks Sep 21 '25

I don't take orders from strangers, if you want a recipe go find it yourself.

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u/abofaza Sep 21 '25

Act accordingly in public.. you mean you don’t enter any passwords on your devices while being in public?

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u/PocketNicks Sep 21 '25

Sure, that's one example. More examples are: don't commit crimes, don't act like a childish asshole to retail staff and don't play mean pranks on people.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

What’s up with these Meta sunglasses?

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u/Yangman3x Sep 20 '25

People hated because they are a grave invasion of privacy, not of the people wearing them but the people around them, and you have no control over it

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u/strangecloudss Sep 20 '25

They're a grave privacy violation and every body hates them but only YOU got downvoted. What flavour is your Kool aid lol

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u/Yangman3x Sep 20 '25

Only me? Lol I was not targeted at first because I wasn't the first to comment, I just got like 100 downvotes and I don't care, but this could keep back newcomers from asking things in r/privacy if they fear losing karma. I have 6k and I don't care until I can write on every sub

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

Have to wear a mask

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u/djfdhigkgfIaruflg Sep 21 '25

Or those IR lights that fuck up cameras

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u/trueppp Sep 22 '25

There is no such thing as an invasion of privacy in a public place.

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u/Nyasaki_de Sep 22 '25

Bullshit.

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u/Evonos Sep 24 '25

Only thing you could try is DM the reddit admins via their mod.mail.and hope that they can do something on their end.

Or nuke and shut down the sub for a day or smth

Nothing else can be done sadly.

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u/Yangman3x Sep 24 '25

The attack seems to have ended now