I bet you that there are a lot of bots here as well.

Also, I wouldn't say dead - there are still many active researchers. They share many posts about the shills and how to check their profile to confirm if they are or aren't.

You were a mod there... how many times was posted that the subreddit is dead... and still isn't... You're giving a good example or shills but this only means the subreddit has some positive effect working, doesn't it?