You can DIY if you want - in fact, we made our process public so you can.

There are three reasons why not to hire a bot farm:

• It's probably illegal
The FTC banned paid-for brand mentions that don't disclose brand affiliation last year

• It's a bad investment
Because of this decision, Reddit has been investing in identifying bot accounts and Al-created content. When it finds some, it deletes all the content and bans the accounts and any account associated with it. Any investment here will be constantly at risk

• It's bad Karma
Reddit's entire ethos is based on reciprocity - giving value to others before extracting value ourselves. Even if you don't buy that, Reddit's system is set up to promote good actors and punish bad ones. They'll be playing whack-a-mole with you for as long as you're using grey -hat strategies.