I have been on the edge with twitter and reddit for a while and I have finally deleted my accounts that I have had for a very long time there. They are no longer the places I used to know, even more so with twitter. I am ready for my new time here and on mastodon.

Hello Lemmy

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Karma farming, where you boost up the reputation of an account so you can sell it. Propagandists and marketers will pay more for an account that looks like a real user in good standing. So you keep the account busy and raise its karma by whatever means, including repeating formerly popular posts and using bots to boost them.

[–] Skuitarist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Whom do they sell the account to? How does the purchaser benefit from the account? I'm sure these are probably basic questions. I'm just curious

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dodgy organizations who want to pose as regular people and spread propaganda/disinformation/guerrilla advertising. Here's one forum I found which has reddit accounts for sale. There would be more on the "dark web" I imagine:

https://www.blackhatworld.com/forums/social-media.200/

[–] Skuitarist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Wow. I've heard about this kind of thing before but haven't actually dug to go and find it