There have been multiple accounts created with the sole purpose of posting advertisement posts or replies containing unsolicited advertising.

Accounts which solely post advertisements, or persistently post them may be terminated.

taanegl ,

We’re laughing over here at Lemmy.

Look, Reddit users! I have access to a frontend API. OoooooOooooo. We’re partying like it’s 2012 again.

Postreader2814 ,

Hot garbage site does hot garbage stuff. Reddit makes it too easy to take dumps on itself.

4grams ,
@4grams@awful.systems avatar

anyone have a good estimate for how long it will take for these ads to become more numerous than actual posts, at least in terms of visibility. I’ve got to imagine the impact is going to be spectacular since they are doing this desperate IPO as their fall from grace accelerates.

DeadNinja ,
@DeadNinja@lemmy.world avatar

Earlier I was wanking for no reason, but now I get to showcase my c*m to investors - yaay

  • CEO Steve F*ckman
lvxferre ,
@lvxferre@mander.xyz avatar

[Caveat lector: Irish Cream-fuelled comment]

There’s a sad future out there where the “Fediverse forums” thrives not because they’re good, but because Reddit became so fucking bad that even your typical redditor - as in, braindead trash - left for the fediverse.

LaggyKar ,
@LaggyKar@programming.dev avatar

Didn’t they already have that?

Socsa ,

Definitely. Except companies just did it themselves.

homesweethomeMrL ,

What’s “reddit”?

the_post_of_tom_joad ,

New? There used to be a whole sub dedicated to calling out astroturf ads on Reddit. We always got shouted down lol

SharkAttak ,
@SharkAttak@kbin.social avatar

Yeah I remember this shit happening already, even mimicking the writing style of a typical Reddit title.

AlwaysNowNeverNotMe ,
@AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social avatar

TIL: Chumba Casino is a great place to play all my favorite social casino games! They even gave me a free 100$ just for signing up!

alekwithak ,

They have been trying SO hard lately. A featured section on After Midnight, absolutely riveting, totally 100 percent factual posts being discussed by very real unpaid people on Tiktok and Instagram.

Real glad I’m here instead.

wise_pancake , (edited )

Edit: I misread the post to be 28% CTR, you can ignore my comment.

There’s absolutely no fucking way CTR for those is 28%.

I do not believe that.

Posts don’t even have a CTR that high, that would mean the average user goes no further than 4 ads before clicking one.

Now I wish I bought some stock so I could get in on a shareholder lawsuit about them cooking the books on this shit.

Edit: for context, it’s 0.9% on FB, 1.9% on Google.

What’s more likely, someone at reddit fucked up an analysis, or these ads are 14x better than Google or 31x better than FB?

Identity3000 ,

I replied to you you elsewhere in this thread, but they never claimed to be getting 28% CTR. They only claimed that this format performs 28% better than alternatives.

If a different ad format was getting 1% CTR, then a 28% improvement is still only a total 1.28% CTR.

wise_pancake ,

Thanks, I’ve updated both comments.

dave ,
@dave@feddit.uk avatar

I think maybe a re-read is in order. They’re claiming the new format outperforms the (presumably) old format by 28%, not that the CTR is 28%.

Car ,

Improved by 28%, not at 28%.

That would be some awful idiocracy type of future and we’re not there… yet.

elvith ,

…but it’s got electrolytes!

Ihnivid ,

I mean, generally I’m all for shitting on reddit, but there’s also a third option: Reader’s not understanding what 28% better than other ad types means.

wise_pancake ,

Yep, I misread it and have updated my comment

numberfour002 ,

What’s more likely, someone at reddit fucked up an analysis, or these ads are 14x better than Google or 31x better than FB?

What’s most likely is that you misread or misinterpreted what was stated. It says the new format outperforms other types of ads by 28%, not that they get 28% CTR.

wise_pancake ,

Yes… It was me… I read it wrong

lechatron ,
@lechatron@lemmy.today avatar

This is the exact same thing Digg did when they released 4.0, which caused the huge Reddit migration almost 15 years ago.

MagnyusG ,

the problem is companies have weaponised complacency, there’s too many people that don’t care and that’s why they keep getting away with it. do it enough times and people will begin to think it’s inevitable and just put up with it.

4am ,

A core principle of enshittification

NaibofTabr ,

Yep, I’m a former Digg user who left at the v4 launch because of this exact thing - they made ads indistinguishable from normal user posts.

People are saying this isn’t that big a deal, that Reddit won’t just die after this. The thing is, Digg still exists but it’s a shadow if its former self and nobody cares about it. It’s present, but its presence isn’t relevant. This change is likely to push more of the users who submit quality content to Reddit away from it, degrading the site community even more than last year.

Lesson not learned, apparently.

ripcord ,
@ripcord@lemmy.world avatar

Right, but weren’t there a bunch of other changes at the same time that other people didn’t like? This seems like more frog boiling.

Plus digg wasn’t as ingrained and established as Reddit is now.

Plus Reddit had some really clear things about it that people liked better.

And while there are some actually really good Reddit alternatives now, most don’t have a BIG draw for most people. And a bunch of people still complain about lack of content being the big problem (same with why millions of idiots are still using Twitter)

I mean, look how few of us actually moved over permanently after the Great Migration last July, and that pissed off way more people than this probably will (with mass protests and everything).

micka190 ,

Digg still exists but it’s a shadow if its former self and nobody cares about it

As far as I’m concerned, so is Reddit. The only reason to go there anymore is for Q&A that get SEO spammed on Google. All the communities I was a part of either died after they changed the API (the only people left are the lurkers and low-effort posters) or had their mods replaced by boot lickers who immediately proceeded to not moderate the subs (which made them dead or full of spam).

But hey, now it sure looks like Reddit is alive and well! Just look at all those ads, bots, AI replies, totally legit user posts!

NaibofTabr ,

It wouldn’t surprise me if there was some internal discussion at Reddit of what happened to Digg, and in preparation for alienating large groups of users they intentionally put some things in place to artificially inflate user activity.

4am ,

Prepare the instances!!!

bobs_monkey ,

Digg was also much smaller than reddit is today, with an even smaller amount of content contributors. Once the contributors moved to reddit, Digg was all but dead and everyone followed suit.

TropicalDingdong ,

“Piss on my leg once, well… you pissed on me. Piss on my leg three times? Well… Well… maybe I like getting pissed on”

George Bush Jr. (probably)

Its like still being on Twitter. All the data you need is there. If you are still using these platforms, you support these kinds of polices and behaviors.

MargotRobbie , (edited )
@MargotRobbie@lemmy.world avatar

Organic advertisements that look similar to user posts on reddit? How could they do such a thing?

Anyway, fellow lemmings, for no apparent reason, Today I Learned that Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated movie, “Barbie”, is now available on Blu-ray and select streaming services.

dual_sport_dork ,
@dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world avatar

All I know is, they pay me every time I say it. Brought to you by Carl’s Jr.

KnightontheSun ,

Fuck you! I’m eating!

SpaceNoodle ,

I was about to tag Margot Robbie, but of course it’s you

Bishma ,
@Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Coming Soon on own on DVD and Video

Feathercrown ,

Images you can hear

DoucheBagMcSwag ,

That’s Brian Cummings for you

bobs_monkey ,

Eh, no shame in self promotion lol

jol ,

The subreddit /r/hailcorporate has existed for ages pointing this out. Shills have been around since forever and buying upvotes is trivial.

GreatDong3000 ,

[Authorized by the mods] I’ll be giving away 2 sets of these cool gamer keyboard and mouse with neon lights that I just happen to like and have no affiliation whatsoever with the company at all

45k upvotes #1 on r/all

Very natural

jol ,

Honestly the fact that reddit has still not figured out how to profit off of organic ads blows my mind and helps highlight their leadership incompetency. Companies have been doing this for free on reddit for so long.

TangledHyphae ,

I think it comes down to the tens of millions of dollars that the reddit executives sold out to. It’s easy to not care when someone is throwing $100 million at you. Also: fuck spez.

roguetrick ,

I doubt the movie companies would ever try patronizing to Lemmy. The select streaming services will be links from division by zero users to pirate streaming sites.

Mindhunter ,

People who still are there kinda deserves it.

herrwoland ,
@herrwoland@lemmy.world avatar

How long before the new wave of reddit immigrants here lol

RiikkaTheIcePrincess ,
@RiikkaTheIcePrincess@pawb.social avatar

Oh, woe 🙀 It’s bad enough that we’re stuck with me (ba-dum tssh, self-deprecating humour there :D ) but now we’re gonna get even worse critters from Reddit because it’s gonna be ones who stayed with it during the previous exodus. Bleh!

bobs_monkey ,

Realistically, this likely won’t piss off their userbase nearly as much as the API fiasco last summer. A significant amount of users stayed in light of a number of subs going dark, so I have a feeling an influx in ads won’t really grind too many gears (or they will but will just bitch and nothing more).

Reddit is much more mainstream these days, and your average Melvin is just used to ads at this point.

KnightontheSun ,

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    ripcord ,
    @ripcord@lemmy.world avatar

    Uh…ok.

    herrwoland ,
    @herrwoland@lemmy.world avatar

    Well, I wasn’t pointing directly at this change, it’s just like they’re on a train to make reddit insufferable for profits.

    Krudler ,

    “If your username was a username, how username would username username?”

    They’re here.

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