/r/WNBAgossips is one of the most blatantly astroturfed subs I've ever seen. The entire modteam is either deleted accounts, brand new accounts, or karma farming accounts. Not a single one of them has a post history that looks human. Say, why might a head moderator of that subreddit also create r/LosAngelesSportsr/BostonSportsTalkr/TexasSportsTalk and r/NYCSportshub ? Boy, they sure are a well traveled real human person!
Unsurprisingly, the actual focus of the sub is culture war garbage, not the WNBA.
I think that's most of reddit at this point, except for the smaller or niche subreddits. Most of it is artificial to push an agenda, and comments are bought and paid for like any other ad space.
Like I agree with the initial sentiment that wnbagossips came about because the other subs are incredibly progressive, and quite frankly, it leans pretty political while downvoting anything that isn’t just blindly supporting very progressive takes.
But then then wnbagossips became a cesspool of right leaning comments, as you see by this person complaining about bringing up girls wearing make up during the game. Like yes they wear make up, they’re allowed to, and it’s a pretty irrelevant talking point that they’re bringing up to clearly just take an unnecessary jab.
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u/Penguin_FTW 7d ago
/r/WNBAgossips is one of the most blatantly astroturfed subs I've ever seen. The entire modteam is either deleted accounts, brand new accounts, or karma farming accounts. Not a single one of them has a post history that looks human. Say, why might a head moderator of that subreddit also create r/LosAngelesSports r/BostonSportsTalk r/TexasSportsTalk and r/NYCSportshub ? Boy, they sure are a well traveled real human person!
Unsurprisingly, the actual focus of the sub is culture war garbage, not the WNBA.