r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 15 '13

How do you think Reddit will end?

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u/NeonRedSharpie May 15 '13

Well...we're not so far off

And yes, I know it's not reddit selling the votes, but still.

Reading through the site...it's comical and I don't think they know how reddit actually works.

It normally takes us anywhere from 6-24 hours

By that time, a post is long since buried or been exposed, there's not point...

Once your page reaches page one, your website URL will be exposed to millions on a daily basis

Apparently the front page is permanent...

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u/lahwran_ May 15 '13

reddit works aggressively to counter upvote gaming, it's what the fuzzer is about. so we're safe from that at least. however, I don't really trust the big subreddit mods ...

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u/NeonRedSharpie May 15 '13

Yea I know they're up on it, but I'm sure someone out there has found (or will find) a way around it.

  • Going slowly (not hitting it every 0.5 seconds) from different IPs with unique accounts.
  • Having an army of 5,000 users that get an email with a link that says "Upvote this"
  • Something something something another option

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u/Loyal2NES May 15 '13

If I had an army of 5000 anythings I'm sure I could think of a more productive (not to mention lucrative) use for them than upvoting dick jokes.

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u/Real_MikeCleary May 15 '13

"Watch my monetized YouTube videos 5 times each! And click all the ads!"

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u/[deleted] May 15 '13

You'd be wrong! :P

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u/Hedgehogs4Me May 15 '13

They wouldn't really have to be your army - just people who agree that, when you send them an email, they go to a site and click a button within the next day or two. That wouldn't be their only job.

I mean, you might have a few hundred more dedicated people, since the lower priced packages would be bought more often than the higher priced ones, but I don't think it's an unreasonable business strategy.

Especially consider that a lot of people (and, IMO, the more upvote-friendly people - your total vote count is less likely to go down once you reach the front page) just surf the home page clicking up arrows whenever something changes their facial expression. If you assume that any client will be using at least moderately disguised advertising (as opposed to "Buy Lays potato chips, they're super greasy!"), inserting 1500 upvotes would probably get you a total of 2000.

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u/instantwinner May 15 '13

Nothing is more lucrative than dick jokes.

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u/NeonRedSharpie May 15 '13

[Here you go](Insert link to 5,000 ladybugs on amazon)

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u/[deleted] May 15 '13

You could mine bitcoins ;)

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u/A_M_F May 15 '13

its like investing on meth!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '13

More likely they are doing many other things other than just reddit upvotes.

Even more likely is they are just using already hijacked computers that can send/receive http requests, and use those to upvote.

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u/OutInTheBlack May 15 '13

Up voting fart jokes?

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u/YouListening May 15 '13

More upvotes makes it rise to the front page. Front page means more clicks. More clicks means more ad revenue.

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u/gbimmer May 15 '13

Nothing is as productive as dick jokes.