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Darkassassin07 , to technology in Reddit is testing verification labels for brands
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‘we have verified that no brands want to be here, and thus haven’t labeled anything’

MargotRobbie , to technology in Reddit is testing verification labels for brands
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I guess there will just be a bunch of verified accounts running around doing “organic” marketing for their latest projects now.

Boy, I am sure glad nobody has ever done that on Lemmy before.

DoctorTYVM ,

Weren’t they already doing that? I swear, you read some posts and it’s like a PR team is trying to get a story buried. Like after a Leo DiCaprios dating history got air time you started seeing him in more memes the next days, and TILs about how he was a good actor

spacedancer ,

They were/are. They’re just making it official now.

everythingsucks ,

Just saw a post by Bloomberg and u/Bloomberg has a little green checkmark by their name.

MargotRobbie ,
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TILs about how he was a good actor

Academy Award sigh winning character actor.

iegod ,

I mean he’s quite memable and he’s a great actor so not sure why both things can’t happen…

DoctorTYVM ,

They can. It’s just that it happens suspiciously often after there’s a surge in his negative images

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  • kittyjynx ,
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    It seems like a lot of people strip the agency from the women he has flings with. If he is not abusive or manipulative then who cares, they come out the other side with some great stories and experiences that they wouldn’t have if they instead had a fling with a random classmate at college.

    BrrooklynMan ,
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    yeah. they’re called “ads”

    aquarisces , to technology in Reddit is testing verification labels for brands

    That’s cool, I think a lot of us here would label Reddit as verifiably stupid.

    moobythegoldensock , to technology in Reddit is testing verification labels for brands

    Good for them?

    VonReposti , to technology in Reddit is testing verification labels for brands

    The only way I can believe Reddit is this stupid is if investors are holding a gun to their head and demand profitability.

    Rentlar ,

    If they weren’t before, they would be after an IPO.

    postmateDumbass ,

    What are they raising capital for?

    Why IPO without an expansion into new markets that requires funding?

    There is no growth on the horizon for reddit that justifys overpaying for ownership at IPO prices.

    zecg , to technology in Reddit is testing verification labels for brands
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    That’s great news, I’m really digging the slow downfall.

    bob_wiley ,
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  • CitizenKong ,

    Something something die a hero something something become the villain.

    halfmanhalfalligator , to technology in Reddit is testing verification labels for brands

    It really feels like they presented a road map at the beginning of the year and are sticking to it no matter what, neither looking at their own user base nor what is happening in the world of big social media right now.

    It’s almost impressive.

    ApathyTree ,
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    I wish I had their resolution and obliviousness… I just have inertia and anxiety…

    CookieJarObserver , to technology in Reddit is testing verification labels for brands

    This will just make them be down voted to oblivion by default… See EA

    r00ty Admin ,
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    Coming soon to reddit patch notes.

    • Downvote button removed for recognised brand accounts.
    asterfield , to technology in Reddit is testing verification labels for brands

    Reddit doesn’t seem to understand what their platform is for. If people are adding “reddit” to the end of google searches, it shows that they want brands to talk less, and real people to talk more.

    cassetti ,

    no no no, they don't want you to use google. They want you to use Reddit search instead, because it's so awesome!

    gravitas_deficiency ,

    They put the same amount of time, effort, research, and engineering into Reddit search that they put into the official Reddit app!

    MaggiWuerze ,

    Or their video player, or their mod tools

    Polar , to technology in Reddit is testing verification labels for brands

    Since when do brands want to be known on Reddit? Isn’t the entire point to make a bunch of fake accounts and post positive comments about said brand, to make them look good?

    HEY REDDIT, WHAT’S A BRAND YOU’LL BUY FOR LIFE!?

    Queue the thousands of totally not brand accounts posting why said product is so perfect and you’ll never buy any other brand again!

    Nythos ,

    For guerrilla marketing techniques sure

    But for official advertisements I imagine they would want to do them on a verified account.

    Rentlar ,

    Like that disgusting “Samsung AMA” which was just a campaign for their S20-something. They deleted any question that wasn’t basically, “what’s so cool about [this feature] on the S20-something that I’m planning to get?”

    vmachiel ,

    But now the verified account can be like: ooo wow, we are totally humbled by the love for our product thank you so much you guys!!

    XanXic ,

    Then that will get screenshotted and posted on r/wholesome r/wholesomememes and r/mademesmile then make the rounds there forever.

    r00ty Admin ,
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    They would of course keep their astroturfing accounts unmarked, of course. But they might want a corporate mountpiece account. Like they have on twitter.

    LazaroFilm ,
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    Have on official account to post announcements then bots to upvote it.

    keeb420 ,

    ive seen in the nreal, now xreal, sub where having people from the company to talk to about issues helps. im not trying to market anything but just use an example. i doubt thats what they are going for but it can be a positive side effect.

    adam , to technology in Reddit is testing verification labels for brands
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    Spez really is going full Elon!

    Chriszz ,

    It’s actually so cringe how he looks up to Elon and blatantly copies him as if he’s a role model businessman. Just pathetic.

    fearout , (edited )
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    At this rate, he’ll also copy musk’s advertiser turnaround and changes in company valuation

    gosling ,
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    I wonder how it’ll work on sites like Reddit. Imagine paying for verification only to get downvoted and "silence brand"ed by people

    FlippyOne ,

    The next step will be preventing downvotes on branded accounts

    teft ,
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    They made ad accounts unable to be blocked a year or so ago so downvote preventing doesn’t seem too wild. It’s why you couldn’t block that Christian account that always posted “He gets you” stuff.

    Rentlar ,

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    He get ඞ SUS ඞ.

    edythecullen ,
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    Can’t wait until he renames Reddit to W.

    fearout ,
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    F

    dhork ,

    More likely to be S, E, or Y

    some_guy ,

    VV

    Kosta554 , to technology in Reddit is testing verification labels for brands
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    :/

    notepass , to technology in AMD unveils its first laptop processor with 3D V-Cache

    This is absolutely ridiculous. Looking at what we get out of mobile CPUs today, when I have a laptop with an i7-7700HQ from 2017 that has… 4 cores/8 threads and is turboing to somewhere in the mid 3GhZ range. With a 45W TDP.

    The last 5 years have been such a turbo charging for CPUs

    InverseParallax ,

    Intel without competition is extremely profitable.

    Contramuffin , to technology in AMD unveils its first laptop processor with 3D V-Cache

    It’s because the 7900 and 7950 are using an “old” naming scheme and the 7945 is using a new naming scheme.

    • 7 = released in 2023
    • 9 = Ryzen 9
    • 4 = Zen 4
    • 5 = mobile/APU

    One of the side effects of this is that bigger number no longer necessarily means better, especially if you’re comparing between architectures

    Varixable , to technology in AMD unveils its first laptop processor with 3D V-Cache

    Ryzen 9 7945X3D

    I don’t know why this name is so funny to me. It just seems so much more ridiculous than an evenly named Ryzen 9 79500X3D. Like what, were getting 45 more units worth of a Ryzen 9 7900X3D, but not quite enough units for a Ryzen 9 7982X3D?

    Contramuffin ,

    It’s because the 7900 and 7950 are using an “old” naming scheme and the 7945 is using a new naming scheme.

    • 7 = released in 2023
    • 9 = Ryzen 9
    • 4 = Zen 4
    • 5 = mobile/APU

    One of the side effects of this is that bigger number no longer necessarily means better, especially if you’re comparing between architectures

    Varixable ,

    Thanks for the explanation! That makes a lot more sense than what I assumed was an arbitrary number assignment.

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