This is literally just the r/nyt subreddit about The New York Times.

Given he apparently takes inspiration from Elon Musk, it’s only a matter of time until u/spez starts adding post view limits unless you pay extra.

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    1 year ago

    Buy upvotes?

    The sad part is, I can absolutely see this happening. Not as an outright “gib money get updoot” but something more roudabout but effectively the same thing.

    “Be heard louder with Reddit Premium! Your comments on posts will be displayed closer to the top for others to see!”

    To reiterate, the above is just something I mocked up. May not be upvotes, but still rigging threads by paying Reddit money. I just wouldn’t be surprised at this point.

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      It’s sort of what World of Warcraft did with gold.

      The gold farms were making TONS of money selling illegal gold in much the same way upvote farms are making a killing.

      Upvotes are free for them to give, and they would have a money printer on their hands.