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by FinnKuhn 413 days ago
I am moderating an art subreddit with about 2m users and the AI „art“ spam is getting really annoying to moderate. I don’t even understand what the purpose of these accounts is.
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I'd guess it's karma farming so that they can be used to steer sentiment in subreddits that require positive post karma to comment / contribute.
some people just like seeing their numbers go up
dopamine is a hell of a drug