Just that. Someone uploaded this photo of Zelensky allegedly taking a selfie in Kupiansk, which is supposed to be a city already taken by Russian forces. I am not really informed of the situation in Kupiansk, but this is not the issue for me.
In the Politics subreddit, where this was published, the comments are overwhelmingly pro Ukraine, which, well, checks out. But what I find kind of trollish, are the comments surrounding Zelenksy. It’s like reading the five-star comments of the Google Play Services app in the Play Store, or something. They repeatedly talk about how big and glorious are Zelensky’s balls? Praising his balls, even though, he is a smaller guy? They praise the bold actions of Zelensky calling him a European hero, imagining his heroic dialogues as in some cheap hollywood movie, etc. To me, it just feels utterly fake? I mean, AI fake.
What do you make of this, guys? Please, remember, it’s not about the conflict itself.
I refuse to believe the default subs in reddit aren’t dominated by bots. There’s still good content in the niche subs, but I stay far away from any of the big ones, it’s all LLM generated ragebait.
I don’t have a Reddit account. It’s hard to navigate today’s Reddit niche subs without one. Also, I don’t care enough to somehow circumvent this problem, nevertheless, I think you’re right and niche subs out of the mainstream are probably doing fine.