They associated the debris they found earlier to be from the sub which pretty much confirms the implosion.

This would be interesting to see if certain articles were pushed up or down by bot accounts.

This could be anywhere from news articles being buried/promoted or by hidden advertising within a post.

I'm not sure they can. What can they do? I doubt they'll replace moderators with paid Reddit workers. The alternative is to replace them with other power hungry moderators who will bend a knee to the Reddit admins. That might work on some major subreddits but the PR of that might cause more damage.

I think the admins hoped it would have blown over by now. If it's still going on by September I bet they'll need to do something.

1.2 mil bot accounts? Can they each send me $1?

There are enough reposts to keep them busy for a while I think. I swear the same post would get reposted a few weeks after the original and get just as many or more upvotes than the first time. And the top comments were usually the same or similar.

100%

You're right Lemmy is going to take a bit to get used to, but the kicker for me (and maybe a lot of people) is going to be at the end of the month when the 3rd party apps shut down. I'm either going to have to get used to something new either way, whether it be Lemmy or the official Reddit app and my understanding is that the official app is littered with ads and promotions that no one cares about so I probably won't even bother.

Gotta cash in on that life insurance check while you're still alive!

I've been slowly trying to transition to Lemmy with this in mind. After June 30th, RIF won't be working and I don't plan on installing the official app so I'm trying to get adjusted to Lemmy before then.

Yeah this is taken from the AMA, which was a waste of time for everyone

Yeah, I'm big into the NFL and fantasy football subreddits, so I'm glad it's the off season, but once the season starts I'm going to really miss those threads.