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Re:What Reddit Got Wrong by z3c0 on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @02:13PM (#36330098)
> Each one garnered the same hundreds of upvotes as the original

What's sad is how many of those aren't bots. It's not uncommon for karma farmers to have their bots upvote each other, but it isn't cost effective to have hundreds (a 1 year old reddit account can run you approx $10 for 1000 post karma). The sad reality is that of those hundreds of upvotes, almost all represent a person who fell for it.

As the saying goes "a lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on".

Re:What Reddit Got Wrong by aryan14 on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @02:37PM (#36330535)
> (a 1 year old reddit account can run you approx $10 for 1000 post karma).

Someone who bought a reddit account here, I bought a 2 year old aged account with around 3000 post karma for $10. The karma has lost its value.

Re:What Reddit Got Wrong by transcriptase on Thursday June 15, 2023 @03:12PM (#36345148)
Without judging and out of pure curiosity, can I ask why?