Yeah, that’s marketing for you.
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AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world 10 months agoWhat research is telling them that? Where was the survey? These people are making shit up.
argentcorvid@midwest.social 10 months ago
Screamium@lemmy.world 10 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 10 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 10 months ago
See Also: r/thisiswhyimbroke
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 10 months ago
Oh look, another what “bought for life” thread.
AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world 10 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