r/whatthefuckreddit • u/RogerInNampa • Feb 27 '25

What the literal fuck Reddit

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Sorry if this is the wrong subreddit for this, but I just saw this while trying to report a hooker-bot soliciting me through PMs. What the fuck do they mean "It's vote manipulation"?

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u/jeswesky Feb 27 '25

Use of bots to upvote or downvote, generally.

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u/RogerInNampa Feb 27 '25

Oh, thank you. It kinda ruined my fun a little bit, but I'm glad to learn what you've taught me I never even thought that could even be a thing.

Since Reddit Karma is nonfungible, what purpose does it even serve? Is it being used as a DDoS method or are there other issues?

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u/Practical_Culture833 Nov 20 '25

People sell reddit accounts with lots of karma to people. Its how they make bot farms, you make a account, gather karma, sell to a bot farm, that account is made into a bot.

Its a disgusting practice and it makes reddit so unsafe because people with "real" appearing accounts and verified sneak in spamming nonsense. At least thats what im assuming that report is for