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by binkHN 61 days ago
> the same old Reddit karma farmers

What's the point of these Internet points?

2 comments

The accounts are worth something later (e.g. for spreading opinions or promoting something) and can be sold.
Why would a 1000 karma bot account be more valuable than a 100 karma? As long as you pass the threshold for not being shadow banned in most subs because of low karma, it’s irrelevant.

On HN for example, karma is a relatively stronger signal of account history, on Reddit there are multiple million+ karma accounts that are quite obviously bots.

Numbers go bigger. Plenty of games based in that.