https://www.reddit.com/r/SnapshillBot/comments/hdhtze/how_does_the_bots_quotes_work/
created by [deleted] on 22/06/2020 at 00:29 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 top-level comments (showing 1)
Just sort by top on u/SnapshillBot 's account, and most quotes have an uncanny relation to the post SnapshillBot's replying to.
Comment by cmd-t at 22/06/2020 at 04:43 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
They’re completely random. It’s the Barnum effect: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect
Plus, if you sort by top, people upvote a comment when the quote is a good match, so it’s also survivorship bias.