Google promotes advertisers. Reddit promotes shills. Popular platforms will be bought. The problem is trust vs the appeal of corruption—that is, some people wi

Google promotes advertisers. Reddit promotes shills. Popular platforms will be bought. The problem is trust vs the appeal of corruption—that is, some people will always want to deceive the masses for profit. At scale, reliable human trust only exists in democratically-policed communities, where authentic users control corruptible owners—something few platforms want.