Like these post just always to be “My [Spouse/Friends/Parent/Relative] [doing a absolutely horrible thing] Am I Overreacting?” or “I told my [Spouse/Friend/Parent/Relative] to stop [doing the most horrible thing any human has ever done], but my friends told me that what I did was wrong, AITA?”
Like… you might as well make a “My husband/wife murdered our child and I want to divorce my husband/wife, but my friends think I’m wrong and I shouldn’t throw away such a long marriage for such a small conflict and try marriage counceling, AITA?”
Bruh. My sus-meter just skyrockets every time I see these posts. And like not once or twice a week, almost every day. Just scroll to like the top 5 comment in the post and there’s often already a comment debunking the story with no OP reply, or linking to some of OP’s older posts that has a contradicting story and finding that post has been deleted with all the comments calling out OP. Which just confirms my suspicions.
Dead Internet Theory… no longer just a theory…
Edit: Sorry for the rant, still grieving what used to be a fun site.
I doubt it’s bots. To me, it always felt more like cosplay from attention seekers; a form of trolling that requires mass social media.
It could also be “journalist” looking for some conflicting commenters from which they can twist words and generate new content.