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Reddit embracing all out enshittification (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Reddit, AI spam bots explore new ways to show ads in your feed

#For sale: Ads that look like legit Reddit user posts

"We highly recommend only mentioning the brand name of your product since mentioning links in posts makes the post more likely to be reported as spam and hidden. We find that humans don't usually type out full URLs in natural conversation and plus, most Internet users are happy to do a quick Google Search," ReplyGuy's website reads.

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[–] 128 points 2 years ago (6 children)

The law requires YouTubers to identify sponsored segments. I don't see why that shouldn't also be applied to social media posts.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago*

    social media corporations can be made liable under the law, well how about here in Lemmy, where the instance owner may not even know that companies are creating bots and posting discrete advertisements, or hiring trolls/shills to advertise for them?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The law requires YouTubers to identify sponsored segments.

    In which countries, though? That's a key point that seems missed from a lot of responses discussing "the law".

    Laws vary quite significantly from nation to nation, and without that key context, there's not much that can be garnered.

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