I’m talking non-absurd things that plausibly someone could choose to implement.

Like an anti-suggestions thread.

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      Cheers for fighting downvote bots … … but, but, but : typos !
      a yswr ==>> a user
      You van pay ==>> You can pay
      only votes ==>> only (?true?) votes

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      What prevents someone from subscribing to a community whose topic/purpose they despise, merely so they can downvote everything in it? That is not a constructive use of voting, and many do that without resorting to bots (so successful anti-bot initiatives won’t do anything about it).

      Voting doesn’t actually do anything that any sensible community should want.

      Reddit seems to seel votes

      They sell votes, explicitly now. You can pay to have ads appear on the front page, and those look like most any other post.

      Furthermore, for select clients, they sell these same but not marked as ads.

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          Not disagreeing. Just pointing out.

          I don’t know enough about the relevant law to understand whether there are any reporting requirements or not, but if there are they’re just skirting those.

          I have no proof I can offer, but I am convinced that this is so.

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      “Valid votes” which only confirm your opinion? How do you know they are bots?