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Re:How To Go Viral By Using Fake Reddit Likes by xyzxyz998 on Monday July 10, 2017 @10:31PM (#14741206)
To be fair, this is probably the only time I've seen the term hacked used correctly. I no longer know whether I should use it in this sense or the "incorrect but used by almost everyone" sense.
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Re:How To Go Viral By Using Fake Reddit Likes by mkl on Monday July 10, 2017 @10:59PM (#14741290)
I don't think it's used correctly here. They didn't hack together any code, they didn't hack on some multipart kludge. All they did was break rules by buying votes.
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Re:How To Go Viral By Using Fake Reddit Likes by TheRealDunkirk on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @09:52AM (#14744136)
"Gamed" should be the word.
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Re:How To Go Viral By Using Fake Reddit Likes by microwavecamera on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @05:39PM (#14748325)
Haven't you heard? Marketers call marketing tricks "hacking" now. o_o
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