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Metafilter maybe. There's a one time $5 fee at signup and a 1 week waiting period after to post/comment. Seems to do a good job preventing this type of thing b
by scrooched_moose 9y ago
Metafilter maybe.
There's a one time $5 fee at signup and a 1 week waiting period after to post/comment. Seems to do a good job preventing this type of thing because the costs quickly get prohibitive if your dummy accounts keep getting deactivated.
It's still an ugly echo chamber on politics though, it is extremely far US-left on everything.
- gfody 9y agoNominal fees don't work because someone will just lay the $5 per account knowing they can sell them later for more. Even Reddit accounts aren't free when you factor in the cost/time to set them up and build a bit of karma.
- scrooched_moose 9y agoIt all depends on how aggressive the site is on cracking down and banning dummy accounts and the cost of the "upvote packages" (which I can't seem to find). On Metafilter they seem quite aggressive so the accounts have very limited value/lifespans. A dummy account on reddit may be allowed to vote hundreds of times before being banned so the price per vote becomes minimal.