[larkeith]

Still, it's certainly a welcome change, and a step in the right direction.

I wonder what the best way to combat large-scale astroturfing on a platform like twitter would be; My first thought would be a rep system akin to those of StackOverflow or HN, but I'm not sure how you would implement it such that there's not a large impact on legitimate new users - there's no system like upvotes Twitter could use to stratify.

[geofft]

I believe Reddit does have a problem with advertisers purchasing (or renting) accounts from established users who have enough karma/longevity to post in the various subreddits that block new users to avoid spam.

[zitterbewegung]

I think that is still an ongoing problem but you can use reddit sort of like a company forum where you don't have to pay reddit a dime by having a community manager and learning the platform.

[isostatic]

> where you don't have to pay reddit a dime

So you, and your company's data, are the product that reddit monetizes.

[darpa_escapee]

> I wonder what the best way to combat large-scale astroturfing on a platform like twitter would be

Report them to the FTC because paid endorsements/reviews/etc are subject to disclosure [1].

[1] https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/ftc...