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[–]IamRedBeard 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

Nah. Just go on over to Voat. That whole site is pro T_D violent right misogynistic and worse. They got sanctioned on reddit, not shut down. This also means that people without verified email accounts cant vote or post or view - so they dont have to worry about ornery Bots in there any more. By the way the count over there is WAY down because the bots are gone. Neat trick, that.

No T_D wasn't shut down, they still get to say all they have been saying before (and the bees are a buzzin' let me tell ya) But it's not like they have been silenced.

What does this ultimately change?

Nothing, really. And even if they did, they still have 4chan, 8chan, voat, and here... and more than that I am sure.

Their freedom ah Screeech is still in tact.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

By the way the count over there is WAY down because the bots are gone. Neat trick, that.

Very interesting. I hope someone does a write up on that. Who knows how much Reddit activity is bots.

[–]magnora7 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I actually wrote an article about that very thing a year ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/C_S_T/comments/7zb2wj/the_ultimate_secret_of_reddit_most_reddit_traffic/

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Great article. I agree that the near constant slope of the graph is absurdly consistent.

I have 2 questions.

1) How do they quantify "interest"?
2) Why is Bing so popular in South America, and along the equator?

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks. It does appear to be rigged with bots, and they have all the motivation to do so. As for your questions:

1) I think it's just the volume of searches for that term in the google search engine, but I'm not 100% sure

2) No idea