• Addfwyn
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    3 months ago

    People buy high-karma reddit accounts?

    …why?

    • Aradina [She/They]@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      Spam and astroturfing purposes. A previously active account can get away with more and may have more sway in communities they were active in.

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        3 months ago

        Yep. I saw a reddit post once detailing the process. With some negotiating tactics. He was able to get a 7 year account with 80k karma sold for 210 USD