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Reddit introduces a new ad format that looks similar to posts made by users | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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[+] 89 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)
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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    Not when. your DNS is a piHole, even when on mobile I use PiVPN to route all my traffic at home and not get ads whatsoever.

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

    Does that stop the promoted posts though? Which are paid reddit posts. I have my phone going through adblocker dns and I still see promoted posts but I don't see any traditional ads between posts.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago*

    I'm happy for you, but that just isn't the average user experience. The crushing majority of people aren't tech-savvy enough for that. And Reddit, relies on that majority.

    For better or worse for everyone involved, it's their experience that makes or breaks the site, and it's them that enshittification takes advantage of.

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

    They been doing these ads for ages, sometimes they would leave the comments open and I'd google a better competitor and advertise them in the comments.

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

    That's also a common strategy. Someone will ask about a product that is actually the competitor's product, and then they'll reply to that post with a bunch of shill accounts saying "actually Acme doodads are better. Get them on the official website because Amazon is evil". Then a bunch of people get duped into thinking they're reading legitimate reviews from real people.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    But then you watch the username and it's like u/definitelyNotAnAcmeShill and it's exclusively pushing their items

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    The remaining users on Reddit don't care. They've intentionally dumbed down the site to get rid of people who do care, and attract more people who don't. They can't even be bothered to understand how things work.

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