Spez really is going full Elon!

Reddit doesn’t seem to understand what their platform is for. If people are adding “reddit” to the end of google searches, it shows that they want brands to talk less, and real people to talk more.

Since when do brands want to be known on Reddit? Isn't the entire point to make a bunch of fake accounts and post positive comments about said brand, to make them look good?

HEY REDDIT, WHAT'S A BRAND YOU'LL BUY FOR LIFE!?

Queue the thousands of totally not brand accounts posting why said product is so perfect and you'll never buy any other brand again!

That's great news, I'm really digging the slow downfall.

Further proof that Reddit is committed to copying every stupid decision that the Muskrat makes.

Every fucking social media company wants to be the same thing. It's boring as shit.

I guess there will just be a bunch of verified accounts running around doing "organic" marketing for their latest projects now.

Boy, I am sure glad nobody has ever done that on Lemmy before.

It really feels like they presented a road map at the beginning of the year and are sticking to it no matter what, neither looking at their own user base nor what is happening in the world of big social media right now.

It's almost impressive.

'we have verified that no brands want to be here, and thus haven't labeled anything'

This will just make them be down voted to oblivion by default... See EA

Remember when reddit was people oriented?

That’s cool, I think a lot of us here would label Reddit as verifiably stupid.

Gods I'm glad I left that shithole.

The only way I can believe Reddit is this stupid is if investors are holding a gun to their head and demand profitability.

Silence, brand.

I don't see anything immediately wrong with verification. There are cases where people reach out to companies for support, and having them be verified helps. Tech enthusiasts like us might be less susceptible to phishing/scams, but regular folks aren't.

However, after everything Reddit has done recently, there's no stopping them from turning this into a status symbol thing like "the website formerly known as Twitter". They could tweak their algorithm to boost comments of "verified" accounts, degrading the quality of conversation there.

Good for them?

:/