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[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 156 points 3 days ago (21 children)

"For communicators, Reddit's value is in the real conversations that people are having about your brand today, not where it surfaces tomorrow," said Adam Collins, Reddit's chief communications officer.

Reddit defining its platform as a place for consumers to discuss brands speaks volumes about its motives.

[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 28 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (8 children)

Reddit is astroturfed from day 1. By that I mean they literally faked it until they made it as in the early days Reddit was 100% consisted of sock puppets, whose activity convinced outside people to join.

[–] zecg@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I disagree, I met people from reddit at meets IRL and we played darts and drank beer.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 days ago

Crisis actors. Spez is going for the long con.

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