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0 pointsemblaegh2y ago0 comments

How would this be unethical in reddit's case? It's not like they tried to raise money from investors or users using the faked activity.

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ekianjo2y ago· 2 in thread

Deceiving early days users. Since when lying is OK?

What did they lie about? People on Reddit and right here on HN use multiple accounts all the time (look at all the throwaway accounts).

throwaway is very explicit, there's no lie involved since everyone knows what it means.

> What did they lie about?

Fake users being piloted by the same person behind the screen. If that's not a lie, then I don't know what is.

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