Yeah, that’s marketing for you.
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AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world 6 months agoWhat research is telling them that? Where was the survey? These people are making shit up.
argentcorvid@midwest.social 6 months ago
Screamium@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I remember seeing threads like “What was the best purchase that you made for under 100” or some variation every once in a while. I’m sure those got corpo eyes real interested if they weren’t advertising in them already.
Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
also remember the ineeeedit sub? they initially nuked it due to companies using it to secretly sell products then reddit realized they themselves can do it.
AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world 6 months ago
See Also: r/thisiswhyimbroke
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 6 months ago
Oh look, another what “bought for life” thread.
AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world 6 months ago
So they started by making polls and surveys not obvious? That makes sense. If people know that a survey is a survey, especially on a site like Reddit, the users will tell each other and attempt to fuck with the results