Comment on Reddit's new paid ads look exactly like user posts
llama@midwest.social 2 months ago
So now they’re just charging people for what they were already doing anyway.
Comment on Reddit's new paid ads look exactly like user posts
llama@midwest.social 2 months ago
So now they’re just charging people for what they were already doing anyway.
PoliticalAgitator@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yep. Reddit puts very little effort into preventing vote manipulation and astroturfing because it all looks like user engagement but they almost certainly know how common it is.
This is just them monetizing the astroturfing as they try and wring every cent from people ahead of their IPO.
Sizzler@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
You’re just splurging lies at this point, reddit has always put plenty of effort towards vote manipulation. I dislike reddit but stop making stuff up just for votes.
Morefan@retrolemmy.com 2 months ago
You’re both right. They are FINE with manipulation if it’s something they want to promote. But if it’s not allowed in their dogma then it’s banned.
Sizzler@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
I’ll agree with that.
PoliticalAgitator@lemmy.world 2 months ago
People are welcome to try for themselves, which is how I originally learned they do fuck all. They didn’t even clear the lowest bar of “20 upvotes from 20 accounts, on the same IP with no other activity, just switching with RES”.
Maybe that’s changed in the decade since, but the search results for “buy reddit upvotes” don’t bode well.
Sizzler@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
It has changed since, in fact for me the watershed moment of change came when RES stopped being able to calculate upvotes/dv’s because their was no longer clear feedback that your vote counted.