[hue3]

Not to mention censorship. I used to participate in a large community for a popular moba, and posted proof of the gaming company having lied to users to generate views/access. After 8h the post had thousands of upvotes and comments demanding explanations from the company. As soon as it gained traction, the mods deleted the post and banned me from the subreddit. They refused to give an explanation for doing so. That convinced me that big subreddits are just an advertisement platform for specific purposes, in this case, the moba’s products.

[TheRealDunkirk]

There are so many stories like that that I'm convinced that this is Reddit's actual business model: game the site in the interests of people who are paying them, but make it look like it's organic.

[npongratz]

If this article is to be believed, reddit may simply be continuing its founding tradition:

https://www.themarysue.com/reddit-fake-account-origins/

"...when Reddit was first started, it was populated almost entirely with content submitted by fake users."

[wongarsu]

/r/undelete is a must-have subreddit for me for this reason.