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r/HailCorporate: Reddit's Community-Run Watchdog Against Covert Advertising

The subreddit r/HailCorporate, founded to catalogue suspected stealth marketing on Reddit, became a high-profile illustration that covert brand advertising — users posing as ordinary fans of a product — was widespread enough to need a dedicated watchdog community.

Major Scandals & BacklashesCurrent / Ongoing Issues (2024–2026)

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December 20133 sources

Eglin Air Force Base Named Reddit's 'Most Addicted City,' Fueling Military Astroturfing Suspicions

Reddit's 2013 year-end blog listed Eglin Air Force Base — a Florida base with a population under 3,000 — as its most reddit-addicted 'city,' an anomaly that drove persistent speculation about coordinated military or government activity on the platform.

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June 20134 sources

Reddit bans Quickmeme for vote manipulation (2013)

In June 2013 Reddit banned the entire Quickmeme domain site-wide after r/AdviceAnimals moderators presented evidence that the meme site's owner had used bot accounts to upvote Quickmeme links and bury competitors.

Moderation & Power AbuseMajor Scandals & Backlashes

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