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      It sounds like you are having trouble accepting that reddit is purely a human user driven, anonymous, and beneficial social media company. I can help you with this issue. Try subscribing to new subreddits. Reddit has thousands of niche communities that cater to anything from cooking, to animated dragons having sex with motor vehicles, to racism, or even knitting! Users are encouraged to post and comment based on a point based system, and moderators of each subreddit work diligently to not only uphold the quality of content, but to tirelessly clear all bot posts as well as any extraneous and subverting advertising. These methods of organization and attention to detail create cooperative and helpful communities that strengthen society. If you haven’t tried using reddit before, download the Reddit app today and you’re sure to make friends and see cool stuff!

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      I’ve dealt with this particular bot problem as a mod. Noticing the pattern early on was easy because they always had posts on TEMU subreddits. Now that those subs are banned, it’s harder.

      1. Comment length. Their comments are always less than two lines long.

      2. Tone. They always contain at least one exclamation point, and tend to have a tone that I’d say is “cheery to the point it’s offputting.”

      3. Context. Reading them, a lot of the time you’ll ask “did they even read what they’re replying to?” The comment seems related, but directly misses the main point.

      4. History. Look at the rest of their comments. If more than one ends in two emojis, they’re definitely part of this particular bot network.

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    I was often accused of being a bot on Reddit. Not sure really why. Though to be fair, the majority of my interactions on Reddit were arguing with people that thought they knew more than I did about a field I’ve worked in for 20+ years.

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      are you neurodivergent or is english a foreign language? for some reason those folks tend to get labeled as bots.

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        Does it SEEM like I’m neurodivergent (wtf is that anyway, why does everything need a fancy label?), or that English is a second language?

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          Neurodivergent means anyone with a medical condition that could be seen as brain pathways either being disrupted, or gone, or rerouted. A few examples would be AD(H)D, Autism Spectrum Disorder (Including things such as Asperger’s), and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

          Edit: Changed Autism to ASD, and switched out Schizophrenia to OCD as it’s more apt for the term as a whole.

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              Having proper diagnoses for people help them get care and treatment. It’s better than calling them all “stupid” and ignoring their struggles, which has been the case for decades.

              Most of these “fancy new labels” you’re hearing lately are just recognizing people, so they can be included in society and treated with dignity.

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                According to the prior explanation, they already had labels. ADHD, Autism, etc. But now it’s all lumped into “Neurodiverse” or whatever. Sounds like someone trying to impersonalize others. “oh just lump them all together”.

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              In this case, it’s mainly a catch-all for folks to easily find help and or others with their conditions.