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Reddit famously started with a lot of fake users. I think the founders mentioned it in an interview. Even the Swedish guy from the show Succession was inflating

Reddit famously started with a lot of fake users. I think the founders mentioned it in an interview. Even the Swedish guy from the show Succession was inflating his numbers. And those attributed clicks from Facebook (especially fb) and Google, better not to look too close.

pests 3y ago
Thanks for the spoiler. :(
- mejutoco 3y ago
  Sorry. It is not important at all for the plot, no worries.
  - pests 3y ago
    No worries! Half joking as I literally just started the show a day or two ago and am loving it and even had it on in the background while I read your comment.
beezlewax 3y ago
Happens in the show Silicon Valley too.
han-tyumi 3y ago
Reddit is a little different as their intention was to populate the platform with content in the early days [1], not to mislead investors with fake metrics. Mind you that Huffman and Ohanian did this manually, while founders today can use LLMs to fill their platforms with bots that can interact "naturally" with users. I wonder how many are already doing it. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmeDzx4SUME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmeDzx4SUME
- kevinventullo 3y ago
  I have no real proof, but based on the volume of replies/likes I get on throwaway comments, I strongly believe TikTok does this.
- danuker 3y ago
  How far has Reddit come from "no censoring" (3:39).