> I don't think any platform has ever condoned that sort of use I feel like Reddit came pretty close to condoning this sort of "growth hacking" when one of th

> I don't think any platform has ever condoned that sort of use I feel like Reddit came pretty close to condoning this sort of "growth hacking" when one of the founders confessed that they got the site off the ground by creating lots of fake accounts: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z4444w/how-reddit-got-huge-tons-of-fake-accounts--2 https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z4444w/how-reddit-got-hug... I find this confession to be on a par with Zuckerberg's famous "dumb fucks" quote. While Reddit did go on to become a useful site, I consider their success to be permanently tainted. I applaud dang's efforts to ban users who attempt similar deceptions.