Still, it probably has a chilling ef fect. Voting Dems becomes like a secret you have to keep rather than something you should shout from the roofs - less likely to make that post on social media, put up a sticker or a sign, tell your friend and family etc.

You can’t pay someone to vote a certain way, but what if you pay people who love {[interest that correlates strongly with republican support]} to vote.

You don’t pay people to vote a particular way, which would be illegal, but you get the result you want regardless.

Yeah, Reddit has been leaned on. And is compliant.