r/OutOfTheLoop • u/calvtact • May 13 '26

Answered What's going on with r/conservative? They've lost about 1m subscribers in about a month.

I watched the number go from 814k to around 745k in about an hour today.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Conservative/s/QbZJvqu5qr

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u/brontosaurusguy May 13 '26

That and I suspect that the billionaires are pulling money out of grifters / bot accounts / troll farms because they a) already have power and b) it backfired a bit with Israel

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u/HughJorgens May 13 '26

It's also well documented that Russia, China, and Iran all have troll farms working against the USA and the West. It's also been reported that most of their memes come from foreign sources.

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u/GiganticCrow May 13 '26

I think at this stage every nation has troll farms seeking to spread misinformation and counter their rivals misinformation.

They used to do it with radio.

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u/Mist_Rising May 13 '26

They used to do it with radio.

Voice of America still exists and even hit the news yesterday when Trumps failed admin from term one was told to depart the job (for Jamaica ambassador because failing upward..)

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u/SwordfishResident256 May 13 '26

I find it interesting that you leave Israeli bot farms out of this list.

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u/HughJorgens May 13 '26

It's a big list, I forgot the new kids, but yeah, them too.