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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.
There's nothing here!