Bots targeting the r/GamingLaptop’s subreddit with blatant MSI advertising in posts — mods allege marketing bots are flooding the forums with MSI-promoting posts

September 26, 2025

, By Tom’s Hardware

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The r/GamingLaptops subreddit has been under attack for months from paid actors and bots promoting MSI products, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLaptops/comments/1np87ra/this_brand_is_hijacking_our_recommendation_posts/” data-url=”https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLaptops/comments/1np87ra/this_brand_is_hijacking_our_recommendation_posts/” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>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…

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Bots targeting the r/GamingLaptop’s subreddit with blatant MSI advertising in posts — mods allege marketing bots are flooding the forums with MSI-promoting posts

September 26, 2025

, Published By Tom’s Hardware

The r/GamingLaptops subreddit has been under attack for months from paid actors and bots promoting MSI products, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLaptops/comments/1np87ra/this_brand_is_hijacking_our_recommendation_posts/” data-url=”https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLaptops/comments/1np87ra/this_brand_is_hijacking_our_recommendation_posts/” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>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…

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