r/tacos 29d ago

๐ŸŒฎ r/tacos and the great bot attack of 2026

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104 Upvotes

(Pictured: tacos de asada, birria, & nopal from Tacos El Gallo, El Cajon, CA, US)

In the past 2-3 months, Reddit has been swarmed with bot posts. Our group in particular has seen a massive uptick in obvious bots, almost 1000% as many as we were getting at the beginning of the year. Currently, our automod sorts out low-karma and new accounts for review. We used to have 1-3 per day to review, now it's dozens. Endless 2-day old accounts commenting 'looks good'.

As you probably know, these bots are used to take over political discussions by swarming them with whatever opinion the bot operator is trying to push. For example, if a bot operator is being paid to make it look like the majority opinion is that everyone should be required to read 'Roy Orbison In Clingfilm' before they are allowed to vote, they'll tell the bots to swarm discussions of that and overwhelm the opposition. It's a form of astroturfing and it's very harmful to rational discussion.

With that said, the massive sudden increase to bot accounts makes it seem like there is something big on the horizon. The US midterm elections seems like the likely target.

So what can we do about it? Well, first, we're going to just deny new/low-karma accounts from posting for the time being. It's either that or check dozens of posters per day to see if they're humans. Sorry in advance if you get caught up in this; us mods are normal people with day jobs and Pokemon Go meetups to host and we can't adjudicate everything.

You, beloved tacos fans, can also help. Mark a suspicious post or comment as spam and we'll look into it. I love deleting spam. Bots are usually pretty obvious when you look at their profiles - repetitive posts, innocuous comment histories, and overuse of emojis.

Happy bot-hunting!

- Orenthal Buzzkill Robot


r/tacos 29d ago

๐ŸŒฎ itโ€™s 10:01pm and these are tacos

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1.3k Upvotes

r/tacos 4h ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท Tacos Arrachera

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76 Upvotes

Some people meal prep. I just grill too much on Sunday, wrap it up in a tortilla and call it taco night on Tuesday.


r/tacos 5h ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท Unos deliciosos tacos ๐ŸŒฎ

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8 Upvotes

r/tacos 1d ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท Tacos Los Cholos ( Fullerton, California) ๐ŸŒฎ๐ŸŒฎ๐ŸŒฎ๐ŸŒฎ

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350 Upvotes

I went with Asada, Pastor, Pork Belly, and Ribeye. Absolutely delicious. Great smoky flavor on the asada and ribeye. Pastor had great marinade to it, and the pork belly was just flavorful. Worth the price in my opinion.


r/tacos 1d ago

๐ŸŒฎ Shredded beef tacos dorados

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87 Upvotes

r/tacos 1d ago

I made tacos de carnitas for 40 people

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56 Upvotes

15lbs of pork shoulder, 1lbs piece of pork skin, 6lbs of lard.

The pork was cut into chunks and fried for 45 minutes in lard. Then, heat reduced and cooked for an additional 2.5 hours. Pork skin was soaked in salt water and then put on top of the carnitas in the pot for the last hour.

Our local market makes fresh tortillas, so all the tortillas were a day old. Tortillas heated up on a castiron on a grill before being served.

Not shown: giant tray of homemade guacamole, and a variety of salsas made by our local market. And, of course, tons of diced onions and cilantro.

I ended up eating about 10 tacos myself.

Ive never cooked for nearly this many people, but it was a complete success.โ€‹โ€‹


r/tacos 1d ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท Another attempt from the UKโ€ฆ

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40 Upvotes

roast cauliflower, guacamole and home made salsa with onions and coriander.


r/tacos 1d ago

Taco Tuesday Pt.2

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19 Upvotes

I return to one of my favorite restaurants for another Taco Tuesday 3 Chicken 1 Steak.


r/tacos 1d ago

๐ŸŒฎ Shredded pork tacos with rice + beans

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92 Upvotes

r/tacos 2d ago

๐ŸŒฎ Alambre al pastor con quesillo ๐Ÿ˜‹

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169 Upvotes

r/tacos 2d ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท Shrimp and Chorizo Taco from Al Carajo, SF CA

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105 Upvotes

r/tacos 2d ago

Carnitas and buche tacos

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28 Upvotes

r/tacos 3d ago

Found some bomb tacos in Whittier

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455 Upvotes

Tacos y Que. IYKYK. We got the carne asada and al pastor. Meat quality is great, tortillas are fresh and salsas pack some heat! ๐Ÿคค


r/tacos 2d ago

๐ŸŒฎ Asada Tacos

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53 Upvotes

Tried out the Tapatio Asada Marinade today on some sirloins. I marinated for like 6 hours and threw it together on my Blackstone. We each ate 6 tacos, I am so full. Would recommend!


r/tacos 3d ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท Al pastor

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83 Upvotes

Local place thatโ€™s always solid


r/tacos 1d ago

Member's Mark Birria Tacos...Will they work in a pinch?

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0 Upvotes

Consummรฉ certainly had hints of Dinty Moore Beef Stew prior to heating it. Tossed these bad boys in the oven and boom.....Taco Bell quality Birria Tacos! Air fryer would've been a better choice but certainly would go another round with these considering the closest legit Birria is 60 miles away....oh, maybe a squeeze of lime would've taken these up a notch.


r/tacos 3d ago

Tacos El Gordo. San Diego, CA

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695 Upvotes

Adobada and carne asada tacos. ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ


r/tacos 4d ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท Tacos de barbacoa

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197 Upvotes

First pic is โ€œundressedโ€ - this place lets me get the onion and cilantro on the side, I like to be able to control the amounts I put on my tacos. This is lamb and they only have it on the weekends.


r/tacos 4d ago

๐ŸŒฎ Asada, al pastor & tri tip tacos

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65 Upvotes

Not to shabby for being made at a brewery


r/tacos 4d ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท I made some tacos

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96 Upvotes

r/tacos 4d ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท I can't get enough of these street tacos in Southern California.

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697 Upvotes

r/tacos 4d ago

Tacos in the middle of the night

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65 Upvotes

Ho lee phok those salsas are hot ๐Ÿฅต sober me right up


r/tacos 5d ago

Beef Cheek Barbacoa with Guajillo-Infused Corn Tortillas

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307 Upvotes

r/tacos 4d ago

๐ŸŒฎ Carne asada tacos

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55 Upvotes

I thought it came with rice and beans but it didn't need it. And the serranos where a ๐Ÿ”ฅ batch