yall, are we really gonna pretend that some of these accounts getting $25-100 per week aren't completely fake? seems obvious

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I can recognize one, maybe two from the blurred pfps.

I wager they're all real, maybe just don't realize this type of engagement can be off putting at scale.

There's an art and science to replying on social networks. 20 years of these interactions have a lot of us burnt out and jaded; doesn't help that this network financially incentivizes interactions one way or another (last year it was degen, now it's the Warpcast rewards, who knows what it'll be in the future)

yeah I think real/fake is the wrong framing, it’s more about high-quality vs. low-quality posting. a bit jarring to see accounts like this in the top 100 imo.

but yes totally agree that we’re all burnt out on social apps more broadly and that the rewards leaderboard might create some perverse incentives