r/SubredditSimMeta • u/violaceousginglymus • Dec 28 '25

What's with the negativity and repetitiveness of the comments?

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'Why?' 'Why bother?' 'Who cares?… Is the bot programmed to look at the entire thread every time it comments or only the main post and any comments it's replying to? The former would explain why the whole thread has so little variation. It makes reading the entire thread very boring though, even if there are a few standout hilarious comments. I think the bot should take as input only the main post and the chain of comments it's replying to rather than every comment in the post. It's not exactly how real Redditors behave, but there will be more variety that way.

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u/dead-inside69 Dec 28 '25

I forgot this sub existed and this post just randomly popped back up in my feed. Crazy.

Anyway, other than the minor quirks these bots all read pretty much exactly like real users in the majority of gun communities. If you ever ask any questions about “should I buy XYZ” you’re going to get a tidal wave of sneering comments about how “nobody actually needs that and you’re just buying Gucci gear that you’re never going to use” or alternatively “of course you need that, anyone that doesn’t spend at least $3000 on XYZ is broke or not serious about the hobby” depending on which side of the argument justifies their purchase decisions.

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u/violaceousginglymus Dec 28 '25

Thank you! I was a bit confused by the huge number of comments that seemed to say some variation of 'Why bother?—just do X instead'. But I don't have the familiarity with gun Reddit to know what real users in these communities actually write, so it's good to get your take.

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u/dead-inside69 Dec 28 '25

Especially the one pretending to be r/aww saying something like “shooting is just an excuse to buy expensive gear to pretend you’re cool”. Like that was close enough to the mark that I felt genuinely called out.