They'll just insert bots who'll comment generic, soulless things to say instead. "OMG This product amazed me!" or "I cannot BELIEVE how nobody discovered this sooner!" all the while artificially inflating numbers.
All these sites monitor engagement, they walk the line between maximum ads and users. If we decrease the users, they’ll decrease the ads to try and keep us.
Fyrnyx@kbin.melroy.org 13 hours ago
grue@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
LOL, nah. If we decrease the users, they’ll increase the ads to try to compensate for declining revenue. They believe they have all the power and don’t give a fuck what we think.
Bigfish@lemmynsfw.com 11 hours ago
Classic business death spiral. Same thing is happening in electricity providers everywhere. Prices too high, more people go to solar, reduces their demand (revenues), so they increase their prices to compensate… higher prices means more people choose solar, and around it goes.