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- technology@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
Elon Musk’s X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accounts::undefined
Elon Musk’s X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accounts::undefined
No, Spez used fake users to make Reddit seem bigger than it was back when it started. He discusses this in an online course.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/06/reddit-founders-made-hundreds-of-fake-profiles-so-site-looked-popular/
Thanks for sharing, it seems like a standard strategy for back in the day when you didn’t have all the metrics investors seem to want now.