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by masonlee 1994 days ago
This reminds me of "the most popular reddit ad ever" the "Magic Internet Money" MS Paint wizard.

https://medium.com/@paulbars/magic-internet-money-how-a-redd...

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Help me understand this a bit -- why would a subreddit buy advertising? Is there a feedback loop or revenue share with mods?

Or is this purely a ponzi thing where you buy bitcoin worth 100 bucks, spend 100 bucks on advertising and end up with the same bitcoin now worth 1000 bucks.