pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 18 hours agoWhat's your harmless/low-stakes conspiracy theory?message-squaremessage-square175fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down14
arrow-up173arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your harmless/low-stakes conspiracy theory?pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 18 hours agomessage-square175fedilink
minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·edit-29 hours agoBack when reddit had awards, the admins would routinely award posts to make it appear like people were actually buying them.
minus-squareVegan_Joe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-23 hours agoI thought this was common knowledge. I got awarded gold by a mod that told me they were gifted a certain number of awards from Reddit to give out (I believe they said they got 15). The same mod also claimed that gold-gifted responses were given prioritized visibility.
Back when reddit had awards, the admins would routinely award posts to make it appear like people were actually buying them.
I thought this was common knowledge.
I got awarded gold by a mod that told me they were gifted a certain number of awards from Reddit to give out (I believe they said they got 15).
The same mod also claimed that gold-gifted responses were given prioritized visibility.