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I always found the votes in !albumartporn@lemmy.world a bit suspicious. This confirms my suspicion.
Why do people do this?
Well on Reddit the answer was straightforward and easy, needing to establish karma on an account to make it seem legit and organic and then either sell it or start using it for the original malicious purposes
But here on Lemmy? I have absolutely no idea
Bosting a community to top to accelerate the number of followers