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That was my first thought too. However as someone pointed out above though senior Reddit management has a history of creating fake accounts, plus there was that incident of using database access to alter someone’s comment so this seems right up their alley in terms of ethics


It doesn’t matter what someone said or not. It makes no sense to do stupid one-word reviews that can trigger an app review if people report that an app is generating fake reviews, which is likely the intention by the bad actor.


>It makes no sense to do stupid one-word reviews that can trigger an app review

Inclined to agree, but they're on a roll with the erratic behaviour lately so "makes no sense" doesn't hold a lot of weight here

The false flag angle you suggested certainly seems like a possibility to me, but I don't think there is enough here to dismiss the possibility that it is not either.




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