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by ffwszgf 1594 days ago
This is 100% the case when I was looking for a VPN recommendation.

So many of the Reddit threads were blatantly astroturfed.

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Another think you'll see a lot of is bots looking for "listical" and blog info so some side hustle person can piece together an article on something they know next to nothing about.

By the way, while I have you here, have you considered extending your used car's warranty?

Most of the VPN discussion/coupon subs are literally run by the VPN companies themselves. r/VPNCoupons and r/VPN are run by Surfshark, for example. Nord and CyberGhost also run astroturf rings for themselves too.