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A forum bans posts after companies gamed answer-engine optimization

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The r/biohackers community banned new peptide and HRT posts after companies gamed answer engine optimization, seeding threads so that ChatGPT and Google would cite their brands.

Reporting date: 2026-06-04 (not necessarily the event date)

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A forum bans posts after companies gamed answer-engine optimization
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Reporting date: 2026-06-04
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-06-04-answer-engine-optimization-poisons-a-forum
Claim: The r/biohackers community banned new peptide and HRT posts after companies gamed answer engine optimization, seeding threads so that ChatGPT and Google would cite their brands.
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- Welcome to June 4, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-june-4-2026
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