Only if done on a small scale. When it becomes the norm, and all the subreddits are doing it, then it becomes impossible to start a new account and build up the necessary karma to meet these thresholds.
Worse, it’s a limit easily bypassed by bots. Spammers can start accounts and just let them sit on a shelf for a year prior to using them. They can farm karma by just reposting stolen content.
Oh, and of course, the real spammers simply buy up existing accounts with years of history to them and turn them into subtle spam bots.
Only if done on a small scale. When it becomes the norm, and all the subreddits are doing it, then it becomes impossible to start a new account and build up the necessary karma to meet these thresholds.
Worse, it’s a limit easily bypassed by bots. Spammers can start accounts and just let them sit on a shelf for a year prior to using them. They can farm karma by just reposting stolen content.
Oh, and of course, the real spammers simply buy up existing accounts with years of history to them and turn them into subtle spam bots.