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Re:Reddit Claims 52M Daily Users, Revealing a Key Figure for... by TheRealDunkirk on Friday December 04, 2020 @03:38PM (#25307565)
There are so many stories like that that I'm convinced that this is Reddit's actual business model: game the site in the interests of people who are paying them, but make it look like it's organic.
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Re:Reddit Claims 52M Daily Users, Revealing a Key Figure for... by npongratz on Friday December 04, 2020 @04:32PM (#25308360)
If this article is to be believed, reddit may simply be continuing its founding tradition:

https://www.themarysue.com/reddit-fake-account-origins/

"...when Reddit was first started, it was populated almost entirely with content submitted by fake users."

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