I have been on the edge with twitter and reddit for a while and I have finally deleted my accounts that I have had for a very long time there. They are no longer the places I used to know, even more so with twitter. I am ready for my new time here and on mastodon.

Hello Lemmy

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[–] Skuitarist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Whom do they sell the account to? How does the purchaser benefit from the account? I'm sure these are probably basic questions. I'm just curious

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dodgy organizations who want to pose as regular people and spread propaganda/disinformation/guerrilla advertising. Here's one forum I found which has reddit accounts for sale. There would be more on the "dark web" I imagine:

https://www.blackhatworld.com/forums/social-media.200/

[–] Skuitarist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Wow. I've heard about this kind of thing before but haven't actually dug to go and find it