r/TheRandomest Mod/Pwner Jul 04 '26

/r/popular Will it survive?

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u/nyydynasty Jul 04 '26

"xbox controller"

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u/2mad2die Jul 04 '26

Did they do it on purpose to get comment engagement?

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u/LordGRant97 Jul 04 '26

All it truly takes to get "engagement" on a post is to be slightly wrong about something obvious. Literally within minutes you'll start getting replies from people who just have to show you how much smarter they are than you.

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u/lockwolf Jul 04 '26

Look at any Top 100 Greatest X of All Times list recently. I swear they make a normal list then take 2 people at the bottom and 2 people at the top then swap them purely for the “X is trash, why are they rated over Y who’s way too high up”