pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 days agoWhat's your harmless/low-stakes conspiracy theory?message-squaremessage-square198fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down15
arrow-up1124arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your harmless/low-stakes conspiracy theory?pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square198fedilink
minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up46·edit-25 days 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-up19·edit-25 days 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 days agoThere were a few times that users were gifted awards to give out too.
minus-squareHossenfeffer@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoCan confirm. I was gifted a bunch of Reddit cash for… er… I dunno, being around for a long time maybe. I spent it on giving gold and silver to posts or comments I enjoyed, but I certainly wasn’t going to spend my actual money on it.
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.
Can confirm. I was gifted a bunch of Reddit cash for… er… I dunno, being around for a long time maybe. I spent it on giving gold and silver to posts or comments I enjoyed, but I certainly wasn’t going to spend my actual money on it.