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Was reddit heavily brigaded in the past 2 days? The X boycott posts have insane numbers and currently they are the TOP POST OF ALL TIME in many communities that never used or discussed X. Can anyone more tech-savy than me tell me if this feeling of mine is backed up by any data regarding online traffic on the platform? Any moderator that found themselves in the middle of the storm? Thanks to whoever want to answer
Comment by CaptCynicalPants at 23/01/2025 at 13:35 UTC
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People are feeling emotional about the new presidency, and engaged in politics due to the inauguration, all these executive orders, and recent events in the news. The result is more engagement with political and emotionally charged posts.
Just about everyone here hates Twitter/X, even people who use it frequently, and so banning it from the site is understandably quite popular. Sure, there could be a conspiracy, but I don't see why one would be necessary. Particularly since the algorithm automatically suggests similar content to people, and right now half the subs on this site have "we're banning X" posts. Meaning people keep seeing new versions of them in their feed.