It strikes too much like Federated Media/Demand Media/Whoever decided the only way to get metrics was to turn towards advertisements in content.
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lvxferre@mander.xyz 5 weeks ago
Cordwell and Barker expect user growth for Reddit to stall in 2025 and, as a result, see revenue growth becoming more reliant on making the platform’s proposition more attractive for advertisers.
This won’t be even remotely fun for the people still using that platform. Because “making the platform’s proposition more attractive to advertisers” boils down to either more ads or ads that are more obnoxious, more disguised as content, more targetted.
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
lvxferre@mander.xyz 5 weeks ago
Which is also how Digg v4 ended up, the brands as content submitters.
Exactly. Almost like Reddit decision makers know how Digg died, and yet they’re unable to not follow its steps.
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Oh no, who’s gonna buy ads on reddit when the rich white conservative bankrolling “He Gets Us” dies?
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 5 weeks ago
I’m all for it if it convinces more people to leave. Unfortunately I see way too many people who see ads though and think “yup that’s just the way it is thank you more please”
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
Anybody being willing to view ads confuses me.