[ttrn]

Is buying upvotes really effective in the long run? It might give you some short-term gains sure, but it could even backfire as people start to notice that your posts are getting artificially high ratings and lose trust in your content.

Plus, if you're trying to build a genuine community around your product or idea, you need their honest feedback and support to truly understand what they want and how to improve. So, I'd say that buying upvotes is not a sustainable strategy and could actually harm your chances of success on the road to PMF.