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		drevil-v2 on May 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 peop... I think it is vastly more insidious than just greed. I think it is about controlling the zeitgeist. Propagation of authorised memes.

blaser-waffle on May 14, 2020 [–]

I believe that was an explicit conceit of the site: they're not making money via ads or "gold", they're shaping perceptions.

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