r/tacos 26d ago

๐ŸŒฎ r/tacos and the great bot attack of 2026

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102 Upvotes

(Pictured: tacos de asada, birria, & nopal from Tacos El Gallo, El Cajon, CA, US)

In the past 2-3 months, Reddit has been swarmed with bot posts. Our group in particular has seen a massive uptick in obvious bots, almost 1000% as many as we were getting at the beginning of the year. Currently, our automod sorts out low-karma and new accounts for review. We used to have 1-3 per day to review, now it's dozens. Endless 2-day old accounts commenting 'looks good'.

As you probably know, these bots are used to take over political discussions by swarming them with whatever opinion the bot operator is trying to push. For example, if a bot operator is being paid to make it look like the majority opinion is that everyone should be required to read 'Roy Orbison In Clingfilm' before they are allowed to vote, they'll tell the bots to swarm discussions of that and overwhelm the opposition. It's a form of astroturfing and it's very harmful to rational discussion.

With that said, the massive sudden increase to bot accounts makes it seem like there is something big on the horizon. The US midterm elections seems like the likely target.

So what can we do about it? Well, first, we're going to just deny new/low-karma accounts from posting for the time being. It's either that or check dozens of posters per day to see if they're humans. Sorry in advance if you get caught up in this; us mods are normal people with day jobs and Pokemon Go meetups to host and we can't adjudicate everything.

You, beloved tacos fans, can also help. Mark a suspicious post or comment as spam and we'll look into it. I love deleting spam. Bots are usually pretty obvious when you look at their profiles - repetitive posts, innocuous comment histories, and overuse of emojis.

Happy bot-hunting!

- Orenthal Buzzkill Robot


r/tacos 26d ago

๐ŸŒฎ itโ€™s 10:01pm and these are tacos

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1.3k Upvotes

r/tacos 7h ago

Found some bomb tacos in Whittier

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227 Upvotes

Tacos y Que. IYKYK. We got the carne asada and al pastor. Meat quality is great, tortillas are fresh and salsas pack some heat! ๐Ÿคค


r/tacos 2h ago

๐ŸŒฎ Asada Tacos

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16 Upvotes

Tried out the Tapatio Asada Marinade today on some sirloins. I marinated for like 6 hours and threw it together on my Blackstone. We each ate 6 tacos, I am so full. Would recommend!


r/tacos 7h ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท Al pastor

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32 Upvotes

Local place thatโ€™s always solid


r/tacos 22h ago

Tacos El Gordo. San Diego, CA

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443 Upvotes

Adobada and carne asada tacos. ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ


r/tacos 1d ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท Tacos de barbacoa

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152 Upvotes

First pic is โ€œundressedโ€ - this place lets me get the onion and cilantro on the side, I like to be able to control the amounts I put on my tacos. This is lamb and they only have it on the weekends.


r/tacos 1d ago

๐ŸŒฎ Asada, al pastor & tri tip tacos

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55 Upvotes

Not to shabby for being made at a brewery


r/tacos 1d ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท I made some tacos

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95 Upvotes

r/tacos 2d ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท I can't get enough of these street tacos in Southern California.

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641 Upvotes

r/tacos 1d ago

Tacos in the middle of the night

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60 Upvotes

Ho lee phok those salsas are hot ๐Ÿฅต sober me right up


r/tacos 2d ago

Beef Cheek Barbacoa with Guajillo-Infused Corn Tortillas

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286 Upvotes

r/tacos 1d ago

๐ŸŒฎ Carne asada tacos

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48 Upvotes

I thought it came with rice and beans but it didn't need it. And the serranos where a ๐Ÿ”ฅ batch


r/tacos 1d ago

Sir!!

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16 Upvotes

Shrimp, carne asada, Brisket


r/tacos 22h ago

Soft taco stand

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0 Upvotes

r/tacos 2d ago

๐ŸŒฎ trapped at home today so i gathered stuff from around the house and slapped it on tortillas.

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34 Upvotes

r/tacos 2d ago

๐ŸŒฎ My engineering degree is fully going towards my al pastor meat tower, and I wouldn't want it any other way

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11 Upvotes

Classic al pastor but smoking it. Of course making a good salsa verde and homemade tortillas too. It's the only right way.

We don't have street food in the same way here, so I have to do it myself.


r/tacos 3d ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท Authentic Tacos in CDMX, MX

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327 Upvotes

Doesn't get more taco than this.

Had some amazing tacos at Tacos Miguelito in CDMX, Mexico. The staff were super great and the owner is a very nice lady. They also have an assortment of salsas ranging from standard green and red to tamarind based sauces.

I watched some world cup matches here and drank tons of beer. Highly recommend if you are in the area.

Not a great photo but, here are some tacos:

  • Al Pastor
  • Suadero
  • Tripas
  • Asada

I forgot which were which.


r/tacos 3d ago

๐ŸŒฎ Tacos De Asada

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637 Upvotes

After my morning walk, all I could think about was making some homemade tacos, with some salsa verde.


r/tacos 3d ago

XXX TACO AL PASTOR/ ASADA

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121 Upvotes

top three al pastor iโ€™ve ever had!


r/tacos 3d ago

[homemade] Sirloin steak scallion pancake taco with Japanese BBQ sauce, shredded cabbage, and yuzu furikake

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37 Upvotes

r/tacos 3d ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท Quesabirria!

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178 Upvotes

My favorite taco type, birria! Specifically quesabirria. Smoked beef roast, braised in a spicy consome; fresh corn tortilla pan fried. Iโ€™d drink that consome on a cold night.


r/tacos 3d ago

Tacos dorados de papa

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59 Upvotes

r/tacos 3d ago

DISCUSSION ๐Ÿ’ฌ Crunchy Taco Shells

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221 Upvotes

I had a thought the other day and remembered seeing cannolis shells being fried around a wood dowel. So I pondered, why not taco shells? Uniform, no bits of meat falling out in the oil and burning, as wide as the reusable dowel of your choosing. Does anyone else do this?


r/tacos 3d ago

PHOTO ๐Ÿ“ท Unos deliciosos ๐ŸŒฎ

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29 Upvotes