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Re:Instagram Advertising: Do you know it when you see it? by pier25 on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @10:37AM (#20274616)
It's always helpful to check how old a user is and his karma.
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Re:Instagram Advertising: Do you know it when you see it? by jasode on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @10:42AM (#20274672)
>It's always helpful to check how old a user is and his karma.

It's fine to consider it as an extra signal but many people do not realize that reddit accounts can be gamed by marketers for stealth advertising:

https://www.google.com/search?q=sell+old+reddit+accounts+to+...

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Re:Instagram Advertising: Do you know it when you see it? by mrhappyunhappy on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @11:00AM (#20274901)
This is not that helpful. We marketers have aged accounts to post from. Reddit is highly manipulated but in a fashion that looks like genuine curiosity and being helpful.
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Re:Instagram Advertising: Do you know it when you see it? by denzil_correa on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @11:50AM (#20275416)
A lot of marketers buy accounts with decent karma.
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