[rationalist]

You might have to create some accounts and fake activity like reddit did when they first started.

The trust referral system is like an idea I have had, but never tried to execute, so good idea! :-)

[Chirpper]

I post real content from my own account to seed the feed. That's fair game. What I won't do is simulate fake discourse, fake comments, fake conversations, and fake personas. That's the one thing that would counterfeit the core value of the product.

Seeding content is editorial. Faking discourse defeats the purpose of the site.

It may make the road to critical mass harder to reach, but it's not worth faking humans to create a human only space, in this world of so many lies everywhere.