Comment on Reddit's new paid ads look exactly like user posts
The_Tired_Horizon@lemmy.world 2 months agoThose types of ads have been there since near the start. Its been confusing people for years. All that will happen is the popular non-ad posts will get accused of being paid for.
watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Yeah I remember a few years ago when there was suddenly some sort of hype around Nutella and Nutella-based memes. Which just so happened to coincide with a major Nutella advertising campaign on other platforms.
People were eating it up and generating content, essentially doing an advertiser’s work for free 🤷♀️
Test_Tickles@lemmynsfw.com 2 months ago
They are getting more subtle. Ever notice how actors suddenly rise to the top? Posts about how awesome they are, or how great things they have done are? Right before I left Reddit it was awash with Pedro Pascal and how amazing and humble and down to earth he was, then the new mandalorian came out and after a few weeks, no one gave a fuck about our new god.
I remember I first noticed it years ago when there was this sudden craze for Bradley Cooper, and how he spoke French (really broken, highschool level French). And everyone was amazed at it like speaking a second language made him amazing. It felt really weird and condescending how much praise he was getting for being willing to not only speak to these “lowly foreigners” in “their crazy language”, but also to bother to learn it in the first place. And all I could think was “you’re talking about French right? An optional language that’s taught and the vast majority of high schools across the US?” I mean good on him and great job, but wtf? And then suddenly silence… Bradley who?
The_Tired_Horizon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Didnt work out for Cinnamon 😂
watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
What are you referring to?
The_Tired_Horizon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The Cinnamon challenge.