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Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say

https://gizmodo.com/cracker-barrel-outrage-was-almost-certainly-driven-by-bots-researchers-say-2000664221
3•CharlesW•1h ago

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techblueberry•54m ago
This is interesting, everybody I knew IRL was affected by this, maybe this is one of those opposite scenarios where a thing really matters offline but not online?

But for me personally, funnily enough, I think the Cracker Barrel debate was a microcosm of basically everything we’re going through in our political world, I found it deeply fascinating.

But also, clearly Christopher Rufo was talking to real people about the boycott. I dunno.

fullshark•41m ago
It's probably the case with any viral news story that 2/5 of comments about it are by bots within the first few days. Bots latch onto anything to get engagement.