The r/GamingLaptops subreddit has been under attack for months from paid actors and bots promoting MSI products, its moderators allege. We've reached out to MSI for comment.
One of the subreddit's moderators, u/Melmpje, wrote in a post that buying advice request threads are being filled with MSI product recommendations. These posts, the moderator said, are using similar or identical comments with different product names, as well as repetitive phrases and tone.
"Even with AI around, the wording is so generic that a chimpanzee could spot them as fake lmao," u/Melmpje wrote.
It's unclear if the moderators have reached out to MSI.
The moderator suggested that the accounts attacking r/GamingLaptops are reportedly a mix of bots and paid actors, created in "poorer countries," that post between two to four times quickly.
