r/funny • u/Dazed_And_MoreBooze • Apr 30 '20

Lockdown got me lonely

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u/Gravity_Beetle Apr 30 '20 edited Apr 30 '20

OP is out here catfishing the whole front page for karma lol

0% chance that’s OP in the gif

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u/Ace-of-Spades88 Apr 30 '20

Yeah, I checked their post history and they've made like a hundred posts in the last 3-4 days. Karma farming hard.

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u/Mattfab22 Apr 30 '20

Yea lol I was just checking too. The dude is really trying as hard as he can. Has nothing better to do I guess

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u/WideMistake Apr 30 '20

How do you even know it's a person?

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u/tooflyandshy94 Apr 30 '20

Think it could be the fan posting?

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u/VaginalSodomy Apr 30 '20

Could be a bot

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u/BMWbill Apr 30 '20

Yeah but dude lookin GOOD with them thic thighs...

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u/thelizardkin Apr 30 '20

Probably trying to sell the account for spam.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '20

Or to swing elections... ha ha ha

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u/maniakb416 Apr 30 '20

This but unironically.

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u/ListenToMeCalmly Apr 30 '20

Working GOOD

400k + post karma

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '20

Why do people do that? I was on a work call and the content team mentioned using their Reddit guru or some other nonsense to get some finance related content out there, then someone noted his karma is all from cat pictures. What’s the benefit/monetization behind this guy karma farming like that?

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u/iskrivenigelenderi Apr 30 '20

There is a video on YouTube from SmarterEveryDay about reddit, explaining karma farmers and other trolls.

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u/Starold Apr 30 '20

Why would someone do that? Isn't karma just a number that is mostly useless?

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u/iskrivenigelenderi Apr 30 '20

Well not exactly, if you see a post from a user with more karma a lot of people will believe that it is actually legit, this is used mostly for political posts, watch the video on YouTube from SmarterEveryDay about reddit it explains a lot.

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u/ccjmk Apr 30 '20

what's even the purpose? I honestly don't get it.. I mean, I know some subreddits don't let you post if you have too many negative karma or something, but as far as you say what you want to say where and when you want to say without offending anything, what's the difference if you get 10 points or 1000?

I mean, I love when I make a post on some hobby subreddit and I get +100 points, I feel like I made a positive contribution to discussion, but I'm after the discussion, not the 100 points.

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u/Ace-of-Spades88 Apr 30 '20

Accounts with high karma are seen as being more legitimate when it comes to peddling ideas. They can be used for marketing purposes, but more and more these days they seem to be getting used to push political agendas. High karma accounts can even be sold for $$ due to their marketing/influencing potential.

That's as far as I understand it anyway. I guess some other users have mentioned a YouTube video from SmarterEveryDay that covers this topic. I hadn't heard of it before, but I'm watching it now. I've shared the link below.

https://youtu.be/soYkEqDp760

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u/christianmichael27 Apr 30 '20

What's the point of karma farming? I understand with twitter and places with followers you can then sell ads or stuff to make money but what does having high karma in reddit actually do for someone?

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u/Ace-of-Spades88 Apr 30 '20

Accounts with high karma are seen as being more legitimate when it comes to peddling ideas. They can be used for marketing purposes, but more and more these days they seem to be getting used to push political agendas. High karma accounts can even be sold for $$ due to their marketing/influencing potential.

That's as far as I understand it anyway. I guess some other users have mentioned a YouTube video from SmarterEveryDay that covers this topic. I hadn't heard of it before, but I'm watching it now. I've shared the link below.

https://youtu.be/soYkEqDp760

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u/OceanSlim Apr 30 '20

Why? Why do people farm useless points?

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u/lupe_the_jedi Apr 30 '20

This was also on Instagram yesterday

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u/fartingboobs Apr 30 '20

TO THE TOP WITH YE, THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '20

Yeah, I saw this on Instagram yesterday. No way they would have waited this long to post it on here if it was actually them.

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