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I saw a lot of people mentioning it in the comments of this NileRed video. I searched for this and not found a lot of information. It seems like it has something to do with Elon Musk (in this case maybe I won't want to learn).

Does anyone know?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Yes, that maybe be it. But they're like the 3-5th comments, and have thousands of likes, and seem like legit comments are first. How do they do that?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Run by the same people. There is a ~~Jim Browning~~ Atomic Shrimp video about this.

https://youtu.be/MNXk1q95oP4

The follow-up video where he scam baits them: https://youtu.be/EYiTE7bx7qg

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you recall the name of it or more about it? All his videos have really generic titles (assuming for algorithm purposes).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

the other accounts bot like each other so that their comments go to the top

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe for their first (genuine appearing) part, they use snippets from other, actual human comments? Because they really look quite convincing