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submitted 2 years ago by KilgoreTrout@beehaw.org to c/reddit@lemmy.ml

“We’ve known for over a decade that people come to Reddit to talk about the products they love – take r/BuyItForLife for example, a community of over 1.5 million redditors who have been sharing recommendations and advice about their lifelong, must-have purchases since 2011. These updates will uplevel the search-and-discover experience for both brands and our users by tapping into our differentiated value as a hub for actionable conversation”

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[-] laxe@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago

The funny part is that they claim that this will improve the user’s experience.

As if users in r/BuyItForLife are interested in ads for shitty products lol.

[-] dnzm@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It will improve the user experience.

In this case, the user is whoever is peddling their wares. The subreddits and its members are not the users, they're the ~~marks~~ targets.

[-] Atemu@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

The idea is to muddy the waters; allowing advertisers to buy ad space for their shit in the context of subreddits like that to seem more legitimate. Pretty disgusting IMO.

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