Promoting products on reddit by blatantly advertising in the comment section? Who would do such a thing?

  • psvrh@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    As soon as the “just use site:reddit.com to get around SEO bullshit” became public knowledge it was only a matter of time before this happened.

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      2 months ago

      Exactly.

      One day it will involve fediverse. So enjoy it here for here now, where the only spam we face is the black market prescription drugs spammers on kbin, and people pushing their own news blogs.

    • Tag365@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      So when did it become public knowledge? When the Google is broken controversy started?

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      2 months ago

      Snap. Moved here full time the day Apollo died and haven’t looked back. Voyager now proudly sits on my home screen where Apollo once sat.

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    2 months ago

    Also, speaking of manipulating comment sections with posts designed to promote products by mentioning them naturally, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated movie, “Barbie”, is now available on Blu-ray and select streaming services.

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    2 months ago

    I can’t wait for the stories about people jailbreaking these AI accounts because they are probably just using the ChatGPT API.

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    So the advertisers are basically admitting now that they peddle direct opposition to an actual useful answer to a Google-able question

    Like 90% sure this is a direct response to the fact that people have begun appending reddit to their searches to get answers to questions that aren’t just Wikipedia or more advertisements.

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    2 months ago

    Check back in on the site for some niche subs that don’t have content here and wow it’s like 75% ads now

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    2 months ago

    The internet used to be a place where I would go in order to get advice on which item to buy, specifically on places like reddit. It is such a shame that so much internet credibility is dying because of bots…