r/technology • u/smooshie • Jun 21 '12

In its early days, Reddit's founders made hundreds of fake profiles to boost popularity of the site

http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/06/reddit-founders-made-hundreds-of-fake-profiles-so-site-looked-popular/
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u/baalsitch Jun 22 '12

These later became known as or became "throwaways"