pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agoWhat's your harmless/low-stakes conspiracy theory?message-squaremessage-square287linkfedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down16
arrow-up1145arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your harmless/low-stakes conspiracy theory?pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square287linkfedilink
minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up53·4 months 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-up24·edit-24 months 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.
minus-squareDrSteveBrule@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoThere were a few times that users were gifted awards to give out too.
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.
There were a few times that users were gifted awards to give out too.