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View submission: Karma experiment
Won't it be an easy way for brand new users with malicious intent to gain enough karma to post into subs that would otherwise restrict them from doing so?
Comment by thepatientoffret at 06/07/2020 at 20:23 UTC
47 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Automod: For both the experiment and potential rollout, automod will still be able to reference post and comment as well as combined post+comment karma separately from award karma.
Comment by GaryARefuge at 06/07/2020 at 19:50 UTC
20 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Yeah, this is the abuse that first came to my mind
Comment by Yay295 at 07/07/2020 at 13:02 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It already seems pretty easy for them to do that. Most spammers I see only have a single prior post, but it's to /r/aww or something where they can easily get thousands of upvotes.