Comment on Reddit introduces a new ad format that looks similar to posts made by users | TechCrunch
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months agoThe subreddit /r/hailcorporate has existed for ages pointing this out. Shills have been around since forever and buying upvotes is trivial.
GreatDong3000@lemm.ee 7 months ago
[Authorized by the mods] I’ll be giving away 2 sets of these cool gamer keyboard and mouse with neon lights that I just happen to like and have no affiliation whatsoever with the company at all
45k upvotes #1 on r/all
Very natural
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
Honestly the fact that reddit has still not figured out how to profit off of organic ads blows my mind and helps highlight their leadership incompetency. Companies have been doing this for free on reddit for so long.
TangledHyphae@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I think it comes down to the tens of millions of dollars that the reddit executives sold out to. It’s easy to not care when someone is throwing $100 million at you. Also: fuck spez.