My personal theory is that the popularity of Bernie phonebanking campaign on Reddit in 2015-2016 really marked a new phase where state actors and corporate interests began to flood the site to sway public narrative and to subtly advertise their products through community engagements.
The redditors in question:![fedposting fedposting](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/ca3ebb4d-6350-4470-bfe6-ed022c387fed.png)
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My personal theory is that the popularity of Bernie phonebanking campaign on Reddit in 2015-2016 really marked a new phase where state actors and corporate interests began to flood the site to sway public narrative and to subtly advertise their products through community engagements.