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The reddit user literally just completely made up the "to circumvent local government restriction" bit (and gets sent to the front page of r/all).

Whenever I see a post like this, I wonder if it was done by an individual or as part of a paid propaganda effort.

Link because I'm not a lib
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The sources literally linked by the OP:
Business Insider
The Guardian

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Whenever I see a post like this, I wonder if it was done by an individual or as part of a paid propaganda effort.

I feel like it's so engrained in Reddit's culture it's hard to say. What percentage of people actually read an article past the headline? How many people think they're accomplishing something by spouting off the same thing over and over before patting themselves on the back?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago

Hexbear has a fakenews comm specifically to identify this issue. The whole point is to post a fake story and wait for people to comment on it. The link is usually just like a rickroll or a fake news site like that says like abc.net/lmaogettem or whatever.

I hate it, but it's fantastic at weeding out people who don't even follow the link.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

Redditors are perfectly willing to be racist for free

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

What local government? What developers? What buyers? Where? How about literally any context?

It’s literally just a picture of gold with Chinese characters on it. Typical liberal journalistic standards.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

I asked my KGB handler and she says it's 100% ClA

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

So housing prices are down and i literally get gold by buying a house?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Dollars (ha) to donuts that redditor is a libertarian goldbug himself. They believe aurum has the magical ability to stave off the clutches of tyrannical government control.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

probably posted from Eglin AFB

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I've seen this kind of incentive thing for real estate in India. The approach is to lure you into buying a expensive property by offering you something shiny. Although Idk how people fall for it.