Marketers and their bots have been using reddit to hype up brands. No wonder Reddit feels like shit these days.

  • reabsorbthelight@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Wtf it literally never crossed my might to use a forum like this. So fucking dumb. It’s like everyone is scrambling for a couple percent points over the next

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      10 hours ago

      Its likely this is designed with a plan to push advertising or self-promotion.

      Eg: step one is done - figure out how to both find threads early & get your content picked up as a good answer regularly and consistently. Step 2 - start inserting ‘first hand’ recommendations or even just mentions of products and services.

      I’ve already seen webpages with the most esoteric or niche product/service recommendations (like some random Indian consultancy with 2 people listed in it, and no other significant web footprint) pop up in first page web results. Its another AI deathblow to the utility of search engines.

    • F/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
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      9 hours ago

      People have been doing it for years. At one point, it amounted to a sizable percentage of Reddit’s posts and comments. Just seo spam to their own profile, a few subreddits, and sleep your 600+ accounts for 3 days.