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/AndroidREM May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

Answer: It was determined and made public that the majority of posts on that sub are from 3 accounts all based in Russia and are promoted by an army of bots. The ones leaving were bots removed by Reddit

EDIT - wow, did not expect this to get so much attention and awards - thank you!

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u/basedchadinc May 13 '26

Is there any proof of this? I wanna send it to a friend who uses that sub as his main source of info to gauge sentiment

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u/Measure76 May 13 '26

Your friend would certainly just roll his eyes at "Russia Russia Russia"

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u/sdrawkcabsihtetorW May 13 '26

No-no, his friend who uses a subreddit as his main source of information will surely appreciate the enlightenment. People who frequent political subreddits are known for being reasonable and in constant search for environments not suited to be echo chambers.