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Re:“35-50% of clicks on Reddit Ads are fraudulent” by BuyMyBitcoins on Friday October 09, 2020 @02:09PM (#24732682)
The real money is in astroturfing stories to the front page and creating the illusion of consensus in the comments section.
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Re:“35-50% of clicks on Reddit Ads are fraudulent” by staplers on Friday October 09, 2020 @02:21PM (#24732806)
The nasty part about this is it creates a positive feedback loop where easily-manipulated people see that "consensus" normalized and begin reproducing it elsewhere.
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