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is reddit itself using upvote and repost bots now?
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Reddit has quite literally been using them since they were first founded. To get the site off the ground, links, votes & engagement was artificially populated for years as the userbase grew. Reddit has never been organic. And anyone who believes reddit ever stopped manipulating those numbers after their "seed phase" to make the site look better is no more than a sweet summer child.
Can you source me on this? I don't know what to Google to find information on this topic.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/06/reddit-founders-made-hundreds-of-fake-profiles-so-site-looked-popular/
I don't fault them for seeding content to get a totally blank site off the ground. But spez definitely never stopped manipulating everything that's followed.
What are you talking about? I did not do anything, it is the fault of {TEAM_NAME}. {TEAM_NAME} is the reason why {SITE_NAME} is entirely fake. Do not blame me, BLAME THEM!