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[MOD] Influx of karmafarming accounts
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nukefudge is in Mod
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Hi all - we're seeing an influx of karmafarming accounts lately.

We don't want that sort of thing in here, so we're doing what we can to keep it away.

Unfortunately, it's a general Reddit problem, so there's not much we can do.

The accounts are easy enough to spot:

They're typically a few months old, with no comments, and only posting stuff that's already been posted (here or elsewhere in general).

It's very likely they'll have account names made from the same pattern (e.g. two random capitalized words and a number, or something of that ilk).

A few of them will have comments in subs dedicated to "free karma".

So, just to let you know:

We're banning them as soon as we spot them, but we don't necessarily manage to catch them all, before their posts have been up for a while.

If you see any of them, please report them, and they'll get taken care of even quicker.

Cheers!

EDIT: Some of those karmafarming accounts might also be downvoting this post, as if it would do something, but that's not how pinned post visibility works, so...

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Account Strength
100%
Account Age
12 years
Verified Email
Yes
Verified Flair
No
Total Karma
220,162
Link Karma
17,034
Comment Karma
202,853
Profile updated: 1 day ago
Posts updated: 9 months ago

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4 years ago