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Reddit embracing all out enshittification (arstechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by tearsintherain@leminal.space to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Reddit, AI spam bots explore new ways to show ads in your feed

#For sale: Ads that look like legit Reddit user posts

"We highly recommend only mentioning the brand name of your product since mentioning links in posts makes the post more likely to be reported as spam and hidden. We find that humans don't usually type out full URLs in natural conversation and plus, most Internet users are happy to do a quick Google Search," ReplyGuy's website reads.

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[-] Hackerman_uwu@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

Echo chambers were literally the biggest issue with that site. Now it chatGPTs itself?

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[-] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 17 points 11 months ago

most Internet users are happy to do a quick Google Search

Yeah, the average redditor won't throw abuse at you for suggesting they use google to find out what something is.

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[-] ekZepp@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

Basically, the situation right now...

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[-] Sabata11792@kbin.social 17 points 11 months ago

So... is it safe to assume reddit is suppressing it and handing out bans?

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[-] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 16 points 11 months ago

Why are people still on there?!

[-] Delusional@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Just like Twitter where most people are entirely ignorant to what's happening and they continue to use it because everyone else is. It'd be nice if they died like Digg back when that site went to shit just like reddit and Twitter have.

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[-] books@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

It sucks because I use reddit as a source to find out info about products . Now I won't.

So ultimately I might buy less?

[-] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

We highly recommend only mentioning the brand name of your product since mentioning links in posts makes the post more likely to be reported as spam and hidden.

Like Barbie(tm), now available on Blu-ray and select streaming service!

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[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

We all knew this day was coming. And, I suspect, knowing this is precisely why most of us are here.

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[-] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 11 points 11 months ago

Incredible news for us! Thanks, Reddit! 🎉

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[-] Audalin@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

I'm still waiting for the day when actual ads across the internet drown in AI-generated advertisements pointing to no real product or service. Perhaps that'll make attention industry collapse?

If you're looking for a side project idea, here's one.

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[-] limelight79@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

brands can tap into the rich, high-intent product conversations

What the hell is a high-intent product conversation?

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[-] tootnbuns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 11 months ago

You couldn't make this stuff up

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