I can connect the dots now.

Various posts from left, right, and centre are out there trying to delegitimize the Jantar Mantar protests. One post might be targeted based on doctored info of a minister's daughter. One post might be banking on the already trending "Python Full Stack Coding" (I just find that post funny like y'all, but... hear me out). One might also be the so-called "blatant hypocrisy" of a CJP protester at 9 am who was apparently bought by this party within 11 am.

Whatever is the case. I just found the protest site to be pretty scenic.

Anyway, I was approached to make a paid post. I saw the profile, and it looked like that of a normal science dude (won't reveal the name). The interaction was respectful, but the recent surge of posts to delegitimize the youth movement felt very odd. Sarthak bhai said that the typical TV news reporters were under the covers in Jantar Mantar and weren't revealing themselves.

I don't even know if the paid post was for r/Btechtards or not. All I know is that this subreddit might have been on the radar; this is the community which was given the colour of leaning.

I might be overreacting here, but NEVER WILL I MAKE A REDDIT POST IN ORDER TO MAKE A QUICK BUCK. I was thinking of asking the mods to preserve the community for 15-16 more years at least, because this is where I am posting whatever happens to me from 2024-2028. I have even been a moderator of this very community since the initial days of this account, and it's been months since I am not. 

The reason behind leaving is not important. The reason behind coming back as a community member is: I like that all of us are trying to at least grow towards something despite being a part of the youth many call as "reckless". I like that beyond IIT vs Tier 3, beyond CGPA vs Skills vs whatever, beyond DSA vs Dev, there is at least something of a goal to achieve. My story might have been that of a Tier 3 guy who doesn't have a stable CGPA, so I need to do publish research blah blah blah. And I want to something probably true: subreddits like these have probably been on the radar, and people are probably being paid to make posts here. That's the probable truth. 

I will just release this info to the public, because you can't curtail this guy's speech as long as he is on Reddit. Everyone in the government knows Reddit is a popular social media platform popular with the youth. "Many" might have just known r/Btechtards is the place they can manipulate the youth out of. (I don't want to blame the ones getting the money and they are not even in my definition of "many", because... we don't know their financial positions. I would ask the mods to... contemplate for a second for them if nothing else). 

To those who really need money, freelancing is a great option. 

To those "many" who are tugging the puppetstrings for some money, FUCK YOU. Just, fuck you. 

I was approached to make a paid post. I declined.