Comment on The level of engagement on Reddit these days
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Damn I didn’t realize how artificial it is now. I remember before the protests I can feel the entire platform reposting stuff over and over with the same content. Pretty much the only good subs are the small niche subs, but those large ones are atrocious.
ultratiem@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Reddit also released a new ad system that imbeds products in a “real life way” so you can get bots replying to users asking question that look 100% genuine but are run by say McDs. So if someone asks hey what do you eat in a given day, the bot can come in, totally organically, and say “oh i usually start my day with eggs and toast then for lunch I get a mcwrap because they’re on special for the month of march”. They “learnt” that people don’t write McWrap so they are trying to plug products basically how we do.
Which makes recommendations suss af! I feel almost paranoid going there these days like are half the posts and comments I reply to real??
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Genuine question, are mcwraps a thing? Back when I was younger and used to eat from McDonald’s, that was one of the few things worth getting.
ultratiem@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
mcdonalds.com/…/creamy-avocado-ranch-mcwrap-crisp…
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 4 months ago
I remember them canceling it because I remember they said they didn’t have those anymore. Didn’t really see a reason to go to McDonald’s anymore