YSK: Condé Nast Parent Company is a Major Owner of Reddit, You Should Avoid their Publications (Wired, Ars Technica, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue,...etc) as Much as Possible. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

2 comments fedilink hide all child comments

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/31633640

I started to notice some thing weird while using Reddit, every link post from Condé Nast owned news outlet was getting a high amount of upvotes and awards while other publications had a very normal rate of awards( usually zero, with the exception of the sponsored ones) and upvotes.

That when I started to investigate this matter till I found out about this.

They are boosting their publications on Reddit on the major subreddits. They are trying to give their publications a advantage over all the other news outlets.

They have the ability to kill the other news outlets if they keep doing that. Avoid them as if your freedom is dependent on it.

top 2 comments

sorted by: hot top new old

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Voyager on Android doesn't display descriptions of cross-posts, so I'm copying it here for anyone unaware of that:

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/31633640

I started to notice some thing weird while using Reddit, every link post from Condé Nast owned news outlet was getting a high amount of upvotes and awards while other publications had a very normal rate of awards( usually zero, with the exception of the sponsored ones) and upvotes.

That when I started to investigate this matter till I found out about this.

They are boosting their publications on Reddit on the major subreddits. They are trying to give their publications a advantage over all the other news outlets.

They have the ability to kill the other news outlets if they keep doing that. Avoid them as if your freedom is dependent on it.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The ~~first~~ only Canadian website on the list is Pornhub, in 19th place. Netflix is in 20th place 😅

Edit: I went down the Wikipedia rabbit hole and just realized my comment is unrelated to the post. This is what I was referring to if anyone cares: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-visited_websites

this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2025

34 points (97.2% liked)

Buy European

6272 readers

1046 users here now

Overview:

The community to discuss buying European goods and services.

Matrix Chat of this community

Rules:

Be kind to each other, and argue in good faith. No direct insults nor disrespectful and condescending comments.
Do not use this community to promote Nationalism/Euronationalism. This community is for discussing European products/services and news related to that. For other topics the following might be of interest:
Include a disclaimer at the bottom of the post if you're affiliated with the recommendation.
No russian suggestions.

Feddit.uk's instance rules apply:

No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia or xenophobia
No incitement of violence or promotion of violent ideologies
No harassment, dogpiling or doxxing of other users
Do not share intentionally false or misleading information
Do not spam or abuse network features.
Alt accounts are permitted, but all accounts must list each other in their bios.
No generative AI content

Useful Websites