“we could just lie to people” is an advertising tactic somebody always comes up with. It’s a Rubicon that absolutely shreds customer goodwill, though.
Assuming, of course, it isn’t already shredded.
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BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I like how they try to sell the idea that tricking users is in fact a nice and innovative way to advertise
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 11 months ago
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 11 months ago
And that the “increased community engagement” isn’t mainly comments of people complaining about being tricked into clicking on an ad.
Dkarma@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Apparently click fraud is fine on reddit 🤷♂️
gregorum@lemm.ee 11 months ago
“It’s monetizable!”
EddieTee77@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Whatever it takes before their IPO. It’s disgusting
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
The moderation effort required to clean up these ads must be massive.
BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I am sure that in the first iteration they did not remove the “Report” function, but those suckers learn fast