I saw it too and did the same thing.
Comment on The Verge shows how Google search is useless
nucleative@lemmy.world 1 month agoI saw a website that was selling Reddit bot services to companies that want to review their products. They would just send a swarm of bad accounts in there and make nice comments. Even replying to their own comments.
After that I stopped trusting almost every Reddit review (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 month ago
bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 1 month ago
I was shopping printers earlier, and reddit-based results had clear paid comments.