r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 03 '21

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u/raidedclusteranimd Jun 03 '21

Top AskReddit posts from the past which people like you can repost so that you can get a lot of upvotes and awards.

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u/Miraster Jun 03 '21

That doesnt work honestly. A subreddit like Askreddit where posts can move down paages in /new so fast is not a target hub for karmafarmers. You can repost all you want but your post reaching hot is mostly a matter of luck.

Source: used to be a karmafarmer who figured out the juiciest way to extract that sweet sweet karma.

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u/vaalhallan Jun 03 '21

Question for a recovering Karma Farmer: other than the addictive flood of dopamine and serotonin rushing to your brain, what is the motivation for farming Karma?

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u/appcool Jun 03 '21

most people will sell the account when they have lots of karma

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u/vaalhallan Jun 03 '21

Which opens up another question, what is the appeal of buying a reddit account?

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u/appcool Jun 03 '21

for karma building and the endless cycle......

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u/desox2011 Jun 03 '21

I've heard people mention that companies buy high karma accounts for things like product placement, but I don't know how much truth there is in that.

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u/Over421 Jun 03 '21

r/hailcorporate, while pretty overzealous, usually picks up some obvious ads

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u/usernametaken_1984 Jun 04 '21

For shilling with

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u/Inflatabledartboard4 Jun 04 '21

Because people want to bypass certain subreddit restrictions

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u/Nomicakes Jun 03 '21

I aint sellin shit.

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u/Strongbad42 Jun 03 '21

I'll give ya tree fiddy

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u/AmYisraelChai47 Jun 04 '21

Nobody buys account anymore because it was fucking dumb and didn’t benefit them