Bots on reddit are absolutely a thing. Ever since reddit’s API went private it became exclusively a for-profit venture for manufacturing consent.
If anything the foreign bots have gone down recently but national bots have gotten out of control. Given our political climate I suspect kumbaya posts of being bots more than anyone being polarizing.
Its not tanking but it took a big hit. Dropped about $20 per share out of an initial $140. Its dropped a total of $30 over 5 days.