ULTIMATEDEADHow many of you are actually chatbots?
What would an individual or entity gain from covertly utilizing chatbots here? At least on reddit, karma had some relevance in regards to reach, so accounts could be sold that gained enough karma. But no such system exists here. Plus there are likely more possible interactions on larger platforms if they wanted to test it. I mean so many posts here get zero comments to begin with. Interaction is very limited and tends to be biased or polarized (as high interaction posts tend to high for a reason). And when it comes down to it, Pascal's wager sort of comes into play. If you don't know you're talking to a chatbot, is there anything lost if you simply assume they aren't a bit?
Question: outside of karma posting requirements how did reddit users having more karma assist with a user’s reach?
hoodatninjaThat’s actually not the goal of creating high karma accounts is often to sell them to entities that want to astroturf.
But… how does high karma help that ?
poryThe account looks more real. A ten year reddit account with a bunch of real comments and 100k karma looks like a human being, so when they post something like “Razer mice have really gotten amazing over the past couple years! I have the new Naga and I couldn’t live without it” on the PC gaming subreddit, there’s a higher chance that looks like a real recommendation from a real human than a paid ad.
Additionally, reddit (as clunky as it is) has some stuff going on under the hood to detect folks with multiple accounts or when folks are making new accounts to ban evade. Getting an older account handed over to you is going to pass more smell tests then making a new one on your end.
It's also easier to weasel your way into karma-threshold communities or even mod positions if your goal is longterm usage.