Yeah Ars has already called them out for being basically an ad company that cares only about shoving as many ads and paid content as they can in your face.
Comment on The level of engagement on Reddit these days
Corgana@startrek.website 4 months ago
Reddit has been trying hard for years to move beyond being a discussion forum to another mindless scroling app.
The reason is because in the time people read one discussion thread they only see one ad, but scrolling memes, etc they will see many more. It makes the ads much more valuable.
ultratiem@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Corgana@startrek.website 4 months ago
Got a link? I’d be curious to read that.
papegaai@beehaw.org 4 months ago
ultratiem@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Thanks, yep this is it, thanks 🙏
sqgl@beehaw.org 4 months ago
Aren’t ads dispersed throughout the discussions? If not, then why not?
Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Never thought of it that way! What a dystopian world we live in where intelligent conversation dies because there’s no good way to profit off of it.
Corgana@startrek.website 4 months ago
It’s not hopeless! The Fediverse is AFAIK entirely nonprofit, and smaller instances means more moderator eyes on everything, too.
Tiauguinho@beehaw.org 4 months ago
Products and Services… ad eternum!
ultratiem@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
And what’s worse is that in a few years, thanks to “AI” learning how to mimic us, there will be full on accounts that look legitimate at every level. Probably even have other social media connected to boost validity. But at the end of the day, it’s just a sophisticated bot trying to sell you McDonald’s.