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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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