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Occam's razor tells me this ain't no AI. Just people who DGAF and want their fun website back.
There are a lot of people who don't hate the mobile app or only use the website and they probably see this blackout as a huge waste of time.
Personally I've moved on. It's time for the Fediverse to take over social media and forums. It really is the future and I'm here for it.
I would believe that too but at the risk of sounding paranoid, I've seen some of these subs open up in real time and it's always accompanied by some really weird posting/voting patterns. I've also seen negative or questioning comments deleted in seconds.
I've spent enough time dabbling with AI to conclude that anyone with enough money, can generate enough AI content to drive product forward.
Reddit is now a product, if people are leaving Reddit in droves through the standpoint of a CEO I would think of all kinds of ways to keep the product interesting which means putting on an AI puppet show.
If you go shopping on amazon, often shitty products are reviewed positively by bots to try and drive sales.
Reddit is no different. The money is there, the technology is there, and above it all the greed is there.
It's no longer paranoia, its more than plausible.