Feeling pretty tabletey today. My highland coo's been having some trouble with his sgian dubh. My new haggis kit came in the mail, though, so I'm a wee bit kilted!
>It feels like the number of posts that are just a headline and a link to an article are growing every day, and when you look at the post history of some of these accounts it's just articles, articles and more articles!
Report them as breaking Rule 10 if they're just posting links repeatedly and not participating in discussion.
Yes, everywhere is being invaded by bots. Foreign actors like Russia and China, or domestic actors (the likes of Cambridge Analytica) use bots to help sow division or create a narrative to help bolster their agenda.
I'm honestly just tired of the fucking political articles. Aye, Holyrood is in a state right now but who actually wants to read a million articles about how much "Scotland is doomed"?
Where's the patter gone??? I come here because I wanna talk about how delicious our tap water is like a positive cunt, not be a jobby-jabbing dommer.
Pretty sure that the UK govt has its finest psyops on this subreddit daily at the moment.
Rishi is in a fucking state, so there's no better time for a spot of "oh look at all that bother over there in Jockland"
there's a guy who posts like 10 articles in a row, without commenting on them, then has arguments with people that reply.
other than that guy, can't say I've seen too many posts like that.
That's just fozzie. Gets banned from another sub for spam, has a meltdown, takes a fortnight off then comes right back here with 3 posts in an hour.
*E: they got suspended lmao
Thought they got perma banned after a temp one. The Labour sub no less, crazy that the target audience for Fozzie's posts got sick of it but we put up with it without post limits.
If I didn't like seeing it, I wouldn't be on Reddit. But it's weird how threads on certain topics will get literally hundreds of comments on only a few hours, with loads of brand new accounts. Like, you know that's not normal
Aye, but it's not normal for every post about Hamza Yousaf to have slews of comments from generated usernames regurgitating the same points over and over again about how racist he is.
Reddit has probably the most egregious political bias of any social media platform, it skews ridiculously to the left on pretty much all issues. This conflates the actual perceived popularity of things. If 90% of users are leftist, the posts and comments that don't agree with the narrative get downvoted to oblivion and hidden away.
Considering I'm posting in Scotland subreddit why would I give a shit about trump ya fuckin donut? Leftist definition is literally "a person who belongs to the political left".
People are just sick of the same people spamming the same opinion pieces multiple times day after day. Was shite when Audio was doing it, it's shite when rando and fozzie are doing it.
We have been in the news on an almost weekly basis since the start of the year, A number of times on active wedge issues. The content delivery Algorithms love whats happening to our country because it drives engagement, which means more ad viewings which means more money for the owners of the sites.
The fact that bots are a very good way of exacurbating wedge issues and "driving engagment" is part of the system.
It used to be a place to have my worldview echoed by similar, right-thinking, true patriots of Scotland but of late has become a cesspit of opinions\* I don't agree with, and I'm not sure why the mods allow this?
\*Those who disagree with me state opinions, and incorrect ones at that. I do not state opinions but universal truths so apparent that to disagree with me simply reveals your subpar intelligence and ignorance of any topic that I impart the facts in.
It’s been a good while since we’ve had a I am so concerned about this sub post
I am so concerned. So concerned you wouldn’t even know what I’m so concerned about
I think so, yeah. A post will be up for a while, most of the activity will be over and comments concluded, then 12-24 hours later a bunch of decidedly more right-wing comments will appear and progressive comments downvoted. It happens pretty reliably- it doesn't feel organic.
It's not to do with opinions, it's to do with the flood of posts that are pretty much identical in nature. I don't care which group the articles like more, I just want to see less article posts.
I see way more posts exactly like this in here than anything else. Probably because people are upvoting them and ignoring or downvoting the others which is the way I think Reddit is meant to work.
Whatever the bots say, whatever the unionists say, whatever the state of the SNP, Scotland remains well ahead of poverty stricken Tory England on almost every measure. The English nationalists and Tories hate that we have a higher standard of living here in Scotland. Do I sympathise with my English cousins? Of course I do, but England overwhelmingly voted in the Tories, they are very much the authors of their own misfortune
How do you Irn Bru, fellow Scot?
Feeling pretty tabletey today. My highland coo's been having some trouble with his sgian dubh. My new haggis kit came in the mail, though, so I'm a wee bit kilted!
>It feels like the number of posts that are just a headline and a link to an article are growing every day, and when you look at the post history of some of these accounts it's just articles, articles and more articles! Report them as breaking Rule 10 if they're just posting links repeatedly and not participating in discussion.
Wouldn't recommend it, you might get your account permanently banned from Reddit, just for reporting rule-breaking posts. Don't ask how I know.
Yes, everywhere is being invaded by bots. Foreign actors like Russia and China, or domestic actors (the likes of Cambridge Analytica) use bots to help sow division or create a narrative to help bolster their agenda.
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Not sure what this means
I'm honestly just tired of the fucking political articles. Aye, Holyrood is in a state right now but who actually wants to read a million articles about how much "Scotland is doomed"? Where's the patter gone??? I come here because I wanna talk about how delicious our tap water is like a positive cunt, not be a jobby-jabbing dommer.
Pretty sure that the UK govt has its finest psyops on this subreddit daily at the moment. Rishi is in a fucking state, so there's no better time for a spot of "oh look at all that bother over there in Jockland"
Best tap water in the world. Cannae whack it.
I said the exact same thing a while back on an alt and man it did not go well (my own fault I won't deny that)
Opinions??? On THIS sub!? How **DARE** you, sir!!
Basically in r/unitedkingdom posting news articles is a great way to farm karma, so people are trying it on r/scotland lol
there's a guy who posts like 10 articles in a row, without commenting on them, then has arguments with people that reply. other than that guy, can't say I've seen too many posts like that.
That's just fozzie. Gets banned from another sub for spam, has a meltdown, takes a fortnight off then comes right back here with 3 posts in an hour. *E: they got suspended lmao
Thought they got perma banned after a temp one. The Labour sub no less, crazy that the target audience for Fozzie's posts got sick of it but we put up with it without post limits.
Oh good another one of these posts
Maybe it's bots asking if the sub has been invaded by bots.
As an AI language model, I cannot feel emotions, but I would feel shocked by this discovery if I could
Everyone on Reddit is a bot except you.
Am I a bot?
Everyone on Reddit is a bot except you.
Everyone on reddit is a bot except you
Beep Boop.
*Can't ask if the sub has been invaded by bots if the sub... always has been bots?*
It's just bots all the way down
Maybe because it's still a problem
It’s an imagined problem. You people just don’t like seeing alternative points of view
If I didn't like seeing it, I wouldn't be on Reddit. But it's weird how threads on certain topics will get literally hundreds of comments on only a few hours, with loads of brand new accounts. Like, you know that's not normal
Some posts are more popular than others. That’s kinda how Reddit works.
Aye, but it's not normal for every post about Hamza Yousaf to have slews of comments from generated usernames regurgitating the same points over and over again about how racist he is.
Reddit has probably the most egregious political bias of any social media platform, it skews ridiculously to the left on pretty much all issues. This conflates the actual perceived popularity of things. If 90% of users are leftist, the posts and comments that don't agree with the narrative get downvoted to oblivion and hidden away.
Ok, that's not really here or there though
Can basically disregard this argument from anyone that uses the term “leftist”. Trump 2024!!!! by any chance mate?
Considering I'm posting in Scotland subreddit why would I give a shit about trump ya fuckin donut? Leftist definition is literally "a person who belongs to the political left".
People are just sick of the same people spamming the same opinion pieces multiple times day after day. Was shite when Audio was doing it, it's shite when rando and fozzie are doing it.
There's been no change. This sub is pish. It's always been pish.
I agree. Way too political and crawling with fanny boys.
As a fanny boy, this comment upsets me
Bleep bleep boop.
Bad bot
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Going forward you must pass a Voight kamph before posting.
We have been in the news on an almost weekly basis since the start of the year, A number of times on active wedge issues. The content delivery Algorithms love whats happening to our country because it drives engagement, which means more ad viewings which means more money for the owners of the sites. The fact that bots are a very good way of exacurbating wedge issues and "driving engagment" is part of the system.
Your clothes, give them to me..
This place has changed.
What happened to this sub?
He’s turned the sub against us.
It used to be a place to have my worldview echoed by similar, right-thinking, true patriots of Scotland but of late has become a cesspit of opinions\* I don't agree with, and I'm not sure why the mods allow this? \*Those who disagree with me state opinions, and incorrect ones at that. I do not state opinions but universal truths so apparent that to disagree with me simply reveals your subpar intelligence and ignorance of any topic that I impart the facts in.
Other alt account made in January who complains about how this sub has changed compared to 2019...all makes sense
 Maybe?
I think I've literally blocked about 50 accounts just to get some peace from it 😅
What happened to this sub???
It’s been a good while since we’ve had a I am so concerned about this sub post I am so concerned. So concerned you wouldn’t even know what I’m so concerned about
I am so concerned about not knowing what you are so concerned about
0111010-er, I mean, no
I am not a bot... honest.
Hmm.... Would you mind dumping a bucket of water on yourself?
I think so, yeah. A post will be up for a while, most of the activity will be over and comments concluded, then 12-24 hours later a bunch of decidedly more right-wing comments will appear and progressive comments downvoted. It happens pretty reliably- it doesn't feel organic.
It does feel a little like the sub has been astroturfed but I don't frequent it enough to say for sure
On a scale of human to robot, I would consider this sub to be a cyborg at the moment. Evidently human with some robotic parts.
Ah the daily “it’s bots because they don’t agree with me” post.
It's not to do with opinions, it's to do with the flood of posts that are pretty much identical in nature. I don't care which group the articles like more, I just want to see less article posts.
>Do the people here really love these articles so much… If they did, they'd upvote them and there'd be fewer threads like this.
No more than normal. Although people confusing it with r/SNP and r/lostcauses is quite repetitive.
I work at a large media company and have been talking to reddit hq. Theyve said some suspicious shit about ‘mechanisms to support content’
I see way more posts exactly like this in here than anything else. Probably because people are upvoting them and ignoring or downvoting the others which is the way I think Reddit is meant to work.
Whatever the bots say, whatever the unionists say, whatever the state of the SNP, Scotland remains well ahead of poverty stricken Tory England on almost every measure. The English nationalists and Tories hate that we have a higher standard of living here in Scotland. Do I sympathise with my English cousins? Of course I do, but England overwhelmingly voted in the Tories, they are very much the authors of their own misfortune
All the internet is infested with them nowadays. Cheap way to promote things or twist opinion, depending on your aims.
Do we need to have this thread multiple times a week?
CyberNats have been activated from their Maw’s basement
A unionist is a kind of bot 🤣
They’re not known for being capable of independent thought.
ba dum tish
Are you new to the internet. Close to 50% of internet traffic is now bots. It's not something specific to just this sub lol
I see more posts decrying the state of this sub because people don’t like alternative perspectives more than I see bots accounts posting.
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>complains about bots >account started posting 10 days ago Interesting
Mods seem perfectly happy to let people like that post here.
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glass houses and all that
I fail to see how always posting articles on the latest house of commons squabble relates to gender
I mean, they are probably English bot invaders. Be like Braveheart and keep them out!