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I remember reading that the Reddit founders created fake users and posted links / conversation starters in order to make the site feel like it had some level of
by lattice_epochs 6y ago
I remember reading that the Reddit founders created fake users and posted links / conversation starters in order to make the site feel like it had some level of critical mass.
- User23 6y agoThis was a trick implementors used when starting a new MUD too. If someone logged in and saw nobody else on the who list they would disconnect and never come back. Ideally you had at least the developers and a few testers committed to actually playing and then you’d pad those numbers with fake accounts or bots.
- t0mmyb0y 6y agoAlmost every large online service started by using fake accounts or little to no rules. That is how you build a community. Get everyone to show up then slowly change the rules/playing field. Anyone remember that linkedin launched as a scam service?
- faeyanpiraat 6y agoCould you please link some reference to the linkedin stuff? Cannot find anything on google