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Comment by UnacceptableUse at 25/09/2020 at 12:07 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Companies trying to spam their products while falsely awarding themselves with karma to create a fake sense of positivity
Couldn't they do this already? Nothing will change when viewing a post, so they could always just buy themsleves awards.
Politicians and Russian trolls using awarded karma to influence sentiment and messaging
Award karma doesn't affect ranking of posts or automod rules, you could easily go to someones profile and see they have 1 million award karma but -100 post karma and know they were dodgy.
Misinformation being spread across Reddit
Doesn't this just sum up the first 2 points?
Comment by Overlord_Odin at 25/09/2020 at 16:06 UTC
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Companies trying to spam their products while falsely awarding themselves with karma to create a fake sense of positivity
They can already do that? This feature doesn't change how posts earn karma, but how accounts can earn it. And companies can already buy upvotes on third party sites.
Politicians and Russian trolls using awarded karma to influence sentiment and messaging
Again, not what this feature does.
Misinformation being spread across Reddit
Already a massive issue on the site, but this feature isn't going to affect that one way or the other.