• asterfield@lemmy.world
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    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.

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    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!

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      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!!

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

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      For guerrilla marketing techniques sure

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

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        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?”

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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.

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      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.

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    Further proof that Reddit is committed to copying every stupid decision that the Muskrat makes.

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        Come on, that’s just mean. He obviously doesn’t have his head up Musks ass. His teeth would never be able to fit in there.

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    Every fucking social media company wants to be the same thing. It’s boring as shit.

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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.

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      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

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

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

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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.

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    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.

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      Coming soon to reddit patch notes.

      • Downvote button removed for recognised brand accounts.
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      Who needs reddit? Now I go to Imgur for memes, and Lemmy for news.

      The only thing reddit is still better at is finding an answer to a very specific question (adding site:reddit.com to your Google searches works wonders), but that’ll improve with time as more and more people get tired of Spez’s bullshit and migrate here. Can’t wait to see the death of reddit. Was a member since the beginning and it’s sad to see it go the way of Digg.

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

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        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.