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Good catch on MAU, my bad. I knew that seemed a bit high.

That being said, point still stands. Reddit was a big deal well before 2020 even if it was not at the top of the social media food chain.

Certainly large enough to target back then, and even more so now when such a campaign is cheaper and easier than ever.

I don’t buy it. Reddit is a prime target, and has been for a very long time.

Reddit allegedly had 400 million unique monthly users back in 2012 already: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/reddits-visitors-skyrocket-in-2012-with-37-billion-page-views/

Even if those numbers are inflated (which they almost certainly are), Reddit has had a very large audience for a very long time, even if it wasn’t fully recognized as mainstream.

And now, the price of pushing fake reviews has done nothing but drop. API calls to Reddit and LLM providers are surely cheaper than an engagement or content farm of real people.

There’s no way that the platform isn’t riddled with bots these days.

I see the confusion here.

There is “big (dick move)” -> an especially egregious dick move.

There is also “(big dick) move” -> a power move.

This story is an example of a “(big dick) move”

I could stop consuming YouTube for entertainment, but I legitimately have no idea how to replace the educational value. I only know how to tackle basic DIY jobs around the house because I’ve looked up how-to videos for everything under the sun. Reading a book doesn’t cut it, it’s not feasible to hire a handyman for every little thing, and I refuse to go back to the dark ages of “wing it and hope for the best” that whoever owned this house before me seemed to live in.

Is Adguard Home still a good option for this kind of thing?

At first glance I thought “he” was referring to Bernie and my brain started to melt.

On second read, I think you’re talking about Newsom. I hope you’re taking about Newsom.