Comment on Reddit could soon punish users for upvoting violent content.
dumblederp@aussie.zone 3 days agoIt still drives engagement. Same for the subs that have been flooded with AI stories and bot responses. It can be marketed as engagement to advertisers.
Stormy1701@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Ah so violent content is banned unless it’s making Reddit cash. Then it’s fine.
dumblederp@aussie.zone 3 days ago
I reckon it’s more that they need to be ‘seen’ to be doing something about it, but will nonetheless take the engagement as long as it doesn’t cause a stir. I mean they had jailbait and watchpeopledie as large subreddits for ages… until they started getting flack for it.