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[–] 2scoops@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like a great way to fill your site with lots of crap content as people jam in any old junk in the hopes of getting a payout….

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 year ago

It's worse - if you're astroturfing, this is basically a rewards program, where you get half of the money that you've spent in advertisement/spam/marketing back.