Yo, high-level users—you getting paid by companies to shill?

Once you hit level 30+, the joke/karma conversion booth opens up

looks like they're still spamming Floo with posts

I use deal sites a lot and the viral marketing is so bad I dug deep into it, and it turned out to be just the tip of the iceberg. The hardest part to catch is when they mix it in like this. If it's an obvious company account it's easy to spot, but when they give the gig to regular high-level lurkers with heavy activity? Nobody notices. Plus these shady viral operations now hack accounts and even fake comments while advertising. Since they're hacked accounts anyway, whether the account gets nuked or not doesn't matter—before it gets deleted, they're already raking in revenue from people getting scammed. There are definitely other high-level posters doing shady viral stuff quietly, but to me it was obviously fake, so I dropped a brutal truth bomb comment and they just ignored me. Later the post was deleted. Honestly, over 90% of what people call "deals" are viral marketing, and the sites themselves just let it slide because they're getting traffic and ad revenue flowing in.

sounds like they're mixing products in little by little. not just products either—random celebrities and influencers pop up out of nowhere. when i see celebrity tea/gossip posts and search it up, you see them doing drama appearances, movie releases, active projects... randomly like that

I see tons of stuff on deal sites that screams viral honestly. even outside deal communities. just stop already, nobody's buying

don't really eat much sake but sanseonyeossu is actually delicious, i order it a lot

high-levelers who didn't get paid lurking around lmaooo

love this

wait they're running viral marketing on Naver's Dot Sia too??? i'm confused how that works

yeah it's hard not to side-eye when they post about newly launched fast food or trending flavors or reviews of places they "just tried"—even if the posters find it annoying, comments like "yeah that's viral marketing" keep popping up for a reason

the people advertising are doing it for money obviously—if even one person out of ten thousand bites, it's meal money right

This is actually a fair question tbh, the line between authentic review and sponsored content is blurry af these days

I wish companies would pay me to shill, sounds like easy money ngl

Bro touched a nerve, half the comments are people getting defensive 😭

Not all of us, but yeah there's definitely sketchy stuff happening. Read the fine print always fam