u/chetpancakesparty

Insane amounts of astroturfing from outside sources

Trying to explain to my Cardinals' fans friends what it is like being a Brewers fan at the trade deadline and came across this

Year	Very brief summary
2025	Added minor bullpen and bench depth. - TRADED AARON CIVALE for Andrew Vaugn
2024	Acquired Frankie Montas for rotation help and Nick Mears for bullpen.
2023	Added Carlos Santana, Mark Canha, and Andrew Chafin for playoff push.
2022	Traded All-Star closer Josh Hader to Padres; received Taylor Rogers, Esteury Ruiz and prospects.
2021	Acquired Eduardo Escobar, Rowdy Tellez, Daniel Norris, John Curtiss.
2020	Quiet deadline; added reliever David Phelps.
2019	Aggressively added Drew Pomeranz, Jordan Lyles, Ray Black, Jake Faria.
2018	Landed Mike Moustakas, Jonathan Schoop, Joakim Soria, Gio González, Xavier Cedeno, Curtis Granderson.
2017	Added bullpen help (Anthony Swarzak, Jeremy Jeffress) and Neil Walker.
2016	Sellers; traded Jeremy Jeffress, Jonathan Lucroy, Will Smith for prospects.
2015	Sold veterans including Carlos Gómez, Mike Fiers, Aramis Ramírez, Gerardo Parra.
2014	Acquired Gerardo Parra for stretch run.
2013	Sellers; traded Francisco Rodríguez, John Axford, Norichika Aoki, others.
2012	Sold Zack Greinke to Angels; also traded Shaun Marcum later that year.
2011	Bought bullpen help with Francisco Rodríguez; held onto top prospects.

Do a quick Google search of their account name, Frosty underscore Jeweler911, as Reddit has hidden post and comments history.

Given their normal posting times of political reposts and the lack of popularity on the not spam "normal" cricket posts that don't have the usual interaction/engagement rates I believe they're based in India.

On their spam posts the top comments usually receive an engagement rate between 10-20% as opposed to the normal rate of 1-3%. They're clearly and unequivocally using bot farms to create engagement.

The account itself has over 1 million karma on around 1,000 posts.

You get banned or shadowbanned for pointing out the abnormalities of this account on the most popular subreddits. Reddit is perfectly fine with this as it drives users. Posts that call this out are actively being hidden.

Wisconsin transplant to STL here, if anyone is looking for a good bar that very much reminds them/me of home instead of going to Ballpark Village before the games this week I highly recommend Jack Patrick's. There's parking garages nearby that are reasonably safe (much safer than parking by Busch) and the walk is like 3.5 blocks. Very laid back bar (think nice dive bar) with great fried/bar food and reasonably priced drinks. Also, you won't have to wait for a table/drinks, although you'll likely have to go up to the bar yourself.

Ballpark Village is still pretty cool but I think it is better after games than before. Anyway, hope to see some of you out there!