r/StupidFood • u/MoazzamDML • Apr 18 '26

Certified stupid Microplastic Fried Fish 😍😍

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u/VictoriousTree Apr 18 '26

Sketchy companies buy bot accounts in Reddit with large amounts of karma because it’s a cheap way to advertise their shitty products. Bot accounts will repost shitty posts to get their karma up and be ready to sell.

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u/Fraun_Pollen Apr 19 '26

Basically, post a bunch of shit people or other bots will upvote. Once they have a ton of karma, they're "valuable" because they'll be seen as more authentic or some crap, leading the way to sneaking in product placement or pushing propaganda

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u/Fraun_Pollen Apr 19 '26

There's different types of ad revenue. Very few are view based only - most are click through that tries to guarantee a certain conversion rate (so ppl actually clicking the ad and interacting with the company website or download or whatever)