&gt; Can you point to some popular posts presently on reddit that are examples of it?<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.redditsecrets.com&#x2F;buy-reddit-accounts" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.redditsecrets.com&#x2F;buy-reddit-accounts</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bitcointalk.org&#x2F;index.php?topic=725562.0" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bitcointalk.org&#x2F;index.php?topic=725562.0</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;OutOfTheLoop&#x2F;comments&#x2F;32rr56&#x2F;do_people_actually_sell_reddit_accounts&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;OutOfTheLoop&#x2F;comments&#x2F;32rr56&#x2F;do_peo...</a><p>You can build a small voting ring for a few hundred dollars to boost posts. The problem is all of Reddit&#x27;s countermeasures to reduce spam made it hard to tell how successful these things are.<p>However, the fact people are still buying in 2016, implies at least some people succeed at it.<p>&gt; Can you describe this sponsored&#x2F;organic content dichotomy?<p>Really, only Reddit can say how bad this problem is but my guess its non-negligible and cutting into their monetization via native ads as its basically an end run around paying Reddit.