u/Will_Tomos_Edwards wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Update/PSA. I think this poll is problematic and possibly being cooked by bad actors, but a lot of people initially gave blanket criticism of this poll but those criticisms are patently false. If certain assumptions hold about the respondents being representative samples then bro
u/michaelnovati replied ·
This sub has evidence of active manipulation so it wouldn't surprise me if people are manipulating the poll.
Reddit is a tough place. You have people shilling all kinds of things with networks of anonymous fake accounts that manipulate entire threads.
Reddit recently sent out a survey to mods to see if you can tell fake content from real content and it's a big problem they are fighting hard.
I've been personally attacked by a ton of fake accounts and almost all of them are "permanently suspended" from Reddit now.
I would say to only trust people who have been here for a long time and have a clear history to look at. But one of the most prominent bootcamps with their CEO with a fabulous account, paid some guy on Upwork to promote their bootcamp across Reddit.
So really you can't trust anyone.