I'm rather certain that a number of the 'top level' subreddits are not only aware and OK with the bots on their subs but are intentionally keeping them around to boost activity.
I kept an account around for a good while after the API changes until it was perma banned for "report abuse." I only reported bots who were stealing comments word for word.
There's plenty of other communities. You can even block this one, too.
There's no need to hang around posting shit like this. Just move on. You've been at it for over a month.
I mean, if you stretch the definition of clickbait far enough, then yeah, it definitely seems out of control.
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