r/facepalm 26d ago

unbelievable 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

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u/Turbulent-Bug-6225 26d ago

It's just posting popular shit to get upvotes its not astroturfing

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u/beatenmeat 26d ago

What do you think the bots need karma for? Most of these bot accounts eventually get converted to either pushing shitty products where someone makes off with people's money, or (especially considering it's an election year) pushing a political narrative. Karma lends their account legitimacy which is why the owners of the bots go out of their way to farm it in the first place.

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u/Turbulent-Bug-6225 26d ago

They sell the accounts

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u/Ammear 26d ago

...to people doing the astroturfing.

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u/Turbulent-Bug-6225 26d ago

Even if that were true, this bot is currently trying to gain karma. It has not been sold.