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Vote manipulation to acquire attention is malicious.
by opendais 12y ago
Vote manipulation to acquire attention is malicious.
- jotm 12y agoTell that to the hundreds (thousands?) of SEO and PR agencies around the world that offer this same service...
- forgottenpass 12y agoWhat? Tell them they're sleazeballs? Already ahead of you on that. They don't want to hear it and usually have a lame rationalization that lets them sleep at night.
- opendais 12y agoIts tens of thousands. And depending on how they go about it, it is. You are, however, comparing apples and oranges. Building a bot net vs. sending out a press release is very different things. Please look into Black Hat vs. White Hat SEO. You do something different with your property is OK. Manipulating other people's property through directly bypassing the countermeasures they have in place isn't OK.
- newaccountfool 12y agoHe didn't say botnet, he said botfarm which would be akin to a Google Crawler. Whos property is it? Does reddit own the links? What do they own? None of its illegal.
- opendais 12y agoThey own reddit.com which is what he'd be manipulating.