Re:Imgur Updates TOS, Banning NSFW Content
by mjr00 on Thursday April 20, 2023 @12:54AM
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Not that I'm defending the practice (and certainly don't have enough skin in the social media game to do it myself), but it is extremely common to have alts upvote/repost each other on social networks, or downvote brigade someone when you're losing an internet argument.
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Re:Imgur Updates TOS, Banning NSFW Content
by AndrewPGameDev on Thursday April 20, 2023 @01:27AM
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I doubt that even 1% of people using Reddit are using alts to upvote themselves or downvote brigade others. If you have any data to the contrary I'd be happy to hear it.
It's still a solid sign of a sad life.
Or a small business, but I wonder how much money there is in that.
Re:Imgur Updates TOS, Banning NSFW Content
by TeMPOraL on Thursday April 20, 2023 @05:59AM
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> Or a small business, but I wonder how much money there is in that.
They call it "hustling" and "growth hacking", and I suppose there might be good ROI on this when you're just starting up and trying to do some "organic advertising" in a niche community/subreddit. Those couple extra upvotes may be the difference between drowning unnoticed vs. staying on the front page long enough to gather initial interest, and spark a discussion that keeps it up for a day or more.
I still believe it's unethical behavior, though.
Re:Imgur Updates TOS, Banning NSFW Content
by stametseater on Thursday April 20, 2023 @03:13AM
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For some values of "extremely common", because I'm pretty sure most people don't have the patience and energy to do bullshit like that. But a small fraction of people do it a lot.