Reddit Takes First Step Against Adult Content

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[–]sawboss 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Reddit’s system is naturally built to highlight online influencers; all posts are automatically submitted to a voting process: The most up-voted messages receive the most visibility.

Companies are able to promote top posts to a very targeted audience, directly on its front page

I guess not everyone understands this. Social media companies hire psychologists to design and tweak systems to promote engagement. Because they want to sell advertisement space. Because that's how they make money.

[–]Zombi 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The advertisements on reddit are so blatant as well.

"Hey reddit, what's your go-to brand that you can always trust?"

60k upvotes with multiple medals and thousands of replies, front page immediately. Meanwhile some amateur artist tries to self promote and they're seen as sellouts/insincere. Just right now there's this ad made to look like a genuine post.

[–]magnora7 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Meanwhile some amateur artist tries to self promote and they're seen as sellouts/insincere.

Ha so true. "You're promoting your own stuff? Dude stop spamming" even though you just mentioned it once. Meanwhile there are 5 mcdonalds-related posts on the front page