{"meta":{"resource":"findings","count":1,"total":1,"generated_at":"2026-10-12T07:47:18.805Z","license":"CC BY 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Source: Dead Internet Monitor — deadinternetmonitor.com (CC BY 4.0)","source_url":"https://deadinternetmonitor.com/data#key-findings"},"findings":[{"id":"automoderator-inflation-2026q2","category":"inflation","severity":"high","title":"AutoModerator inflates knowledge-subreddit AI rates","summary":"u/AutoModerator is a bot posting text, so it counts as AI in DIM's headline rate. On knowledge subreddits it inflates that rate materially — but the organic-discourse rate is still the highest on Reddit.","detail":["AutoModerator posts stickied reminders, rule clarifications, and removal notices — not organic discourse.","These items are tagged with content_class='automated_moderation' so the breakdown is reportable without pretending they are not there.","Removing AutoModerator does not change r/askscience's top rank — it still leads DIM's AI-rate table.","Headline AI rate unchanged. The ex-automod view is an editorial tool, not a methodology correction."],"data":[{"label":"r/askscience (cumulative)","value":"42.4% → 28.5%","note":"headline → ex-automod. AutoModerator = 19.5% of collected items (96/493)."},{"label":"r/askscience (2026-04-10)","value":"52.0% → 50.0%","note":"still the highest-AI subreddit tracked on this day."},{"label":"r/books (2026-04-10)","value":"16.7% → 9.1%","note":"largest single-day delta in the sample."},{"label":"r/explainlikeimfive (2026-04-10)","value":"16.7% → 13.0%","note":null},{"label":"r/personalfinance (2026-04-10)","value":"13.0% → 9.1%","note":null}],"sources":["reddit"],"date_observed":"2026-04-11","methodology_rev":null,"url":"https://deadinternetmonitor.com/data#key-findings"}]}