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submitted 1 year ago by koper@feddit.nl to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

The best part of the fediverse is that anyone can run their own server. The downside of this is that anyone can easily create hordes of fake accounts, as I will now demonstrate.

Fighting fake accounts is hard and most implementations do not currently have an effective way of filtering out fake accounts. I'm sure that the developers will step in if this becomes a bigger problem. Until then, remember that votes are just a number.

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[-] popemichael@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago

For the companies who want a huge advantage over others, $100 is nothing in an advertising budget.

I have a small business and I do $1000 a week in advertising.

[-] OtakuAltair@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, 700 upvotes soon after a post is made could easily shoot it up to the top of even a popular sub for a few days (specially with the lack of mod tools rn), with others upvoting it purely because it already has alot of upvotes.

[-] Zana@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

I don't know anything about advertising but what are you doing that costs $1000 a week? I am legitimately curious.

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Advertising is incredibly expensive. I pay upwards to $1/click for one of my services targetting a specific group.

If you hate ads, use something like Ad Nauseum instead of UBlock origin. You'll cost companies hundreds of dollars a day.

[-] Zana@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

I do use As Nauseum, I love it!

[-] popemichael@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I run a digital currency investment group.

I can make 10-15k per day, so it's not a lot in the grand scheme of things

[-] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

huge advantage over others, $100 is nothing in an advertising budget.

the only problem here is that 700 reddit upvotes is not "huge advantage over others". i honestly fail to see how someone could pay $100 for that. i'd consider $10 too much.

or do you spend your $1000 budget on 7000 reddit upvotes? :D

[-] why_rob_y@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

700 extra upvotes in the first couple hours on a medium sized hobby sub is an enormous amount and will give you great exposure to potentially tens of thousands of potential customers who won't just ignore it like some banner ad (since they'll think it's real content).

this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2023
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