Are people here also noticing more inauthentic content in startup subreddits?
I’ve been noticing more posts/comments that feel off lately like ist not always obvious spam, not always obvious ads, but content that seems overly polished, agenda-driven, self-promotional, or possibly AI-assisted while pretending to be organic.
What makes it harder is that these posts often get normal engagement, so it’s not easy to tell whether something is genuine discussion, stealth marketing, or just low-trust content engineered to blend in.
Browser extension that flags signals of inauthenticity on Reddit things like suspicious promo patterns, repetitive recommendation behavior, AI-assisted wording, and other trust signals.
Would something like that actually be useful, or would it just create noise? More importantly, what would it need to get right for you to trust it?
Posted Mar 8, 2026, 6:03 PM UTC