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[–]BravoVictor 11 insightful - 3 fun11 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Doesn't matter. Reddit began a slow self-destruction though misinformation play when they hide vote counts and throttled your ability to message once the hivemind downvoted you. That effectively does the same thing. If someone posts misinformation, but misinformation most sub users like, anyone citing counter-factuals will be effectively or literally banned.

For example, I posted Joe Rogan's recent response to claims that he spreads "misinformation" in a couple Reddit subs, and it was resoundedly downvoted, and the comments suggested most hadn't even watched the video. It was just knee jerk npc hatred. A few users even posted misinformation like "Rogan takes horse drugs!" or "Rogan kills people!"

A handful of users seemed to actually watch the video, and said it was interesting. They were heavily downvoted and called names, and their comments hidden.

[–]wtfppl-1st 9 insightful - 4 fun9 insightful - 3 fun10 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

It's likely that the hostilities on reddit are mostly created by bots.

I watched r/subredditsimulator conversations evolve over the time the sub was up into what I could see people easily believing are other people.