I don’t think that’s the problem. I think it’s mostly because it still has way less people (easier to mod), and also it doesn’t show user karma, so there’s no incentive to karma farm.
It makes an account look authentic, which makes recommendations that account offers more genuine. E.g. advertising, political astroturfing.
There’s so much of that on Reddit with accounts that look real but aren’t. When I started using reddit (like 15 years ago) I was legitimately able to trust most recommendations (I still own and use many of the products I picked up and consider them good decisions), but it’s been at least 7 or 8 years where you absolutely can’t.
I don’t think that’s the problem. I think it’s mostly because it still has way less people (easier to mod), and also it doesn’t show user karma, so there’s no incentive to karma farm.
Karma is so pointless and I’ve never understood why you’d ‘farm’ it
They want to put that on their resume lol. like stackloverflow. Dear employer, look how many upvotes I got on this 15 year old meme!
It makes an account look authentic, which makes recommendations that account offers more genuine. E.g. advertising, political astroturfing.
There’s so much of that on Reddit with accounts that look real but aren’t. When I started using reddit (like 15 years ago) I was legitimately able to trust most recommendations (I still own and use many of the products I picked up and consider them good decisions), but it’s been at least 7 or 8 years where you absolutely can’t.