Eh, not too hard to fix. Make it so that paid ads will automatically get 10,000 up votes, that would do it.
Why are people still using Reddit ?
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exanime@lemmy.today 8 months ago
So if ads are just like user posts, why would companies pay for advertising when they can just have an intern, paid in “experience and exposure”, make regular posts and maintain any different aliases?
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Why are people still using Reddit?
Looking at the first page of my latest comments on reddit, I have some from /r/Wichita, /r/dndmemes, /r/titanfall, /r/KSPMemes, /r/wendigoon, /r/HeyRiddleRiddle, /r/DungeonMeshi, /r/Mythbusters, /r/TheLastAirbender, /r/gurrenlagann, /r/astrophotography, /r/haibanerenmei, /r/yourlieinapril, and /r/LandOfTheLustrous. There are far more, but that’s just the first page.
A few of these have fediverse equivalents, most of them don’t. None of them ever see active discussion on this platform. Even the ones that do get posts about once a week. Contrast that with /r/Wichita, which let me know 6 hours in advance that a capsule returning astronauts was going to fly over us at 4:38 AM. Being able to see that made using reddit that day absolutely worth it.
Chakravanti@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Why is any one at all using FaceBook Inc.?
If you can answer that question the yours swallows the crumbles falling out the mouth.
4am@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Artificial ranking. Without an API it’s much less reliable for botnets to astroturf; now they’re said “if you can’t beat em, join em” and closed the API and everything is for sale: Even the honesty of the site.
Kissaki@feddit.de 8 months ago
Ads get shown because they’re paid. Regular posts compete with all other posts, and user filters and subscriptions.