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.

  • Squizzy@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I sincerely hate the “let me google that for you” condescension that rears its head sometimes. It is a discussion thread and makes up a lot of what google results will show so why dont they just help someone out and talk about whatever was asked.

    Those redditors are insufferable. Giving someone some info and pointing them in te right direction is not the same and is the best way to go about things

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      7 months ago

      there’s a time and place for it. if it’s a conversation about detailed opinions then no. but when someone basically asks for a simple definition then yes.