Reddit, AI spam bots explore new ways to show ads in your feed
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Reddit says its "communities are naturally commercial."

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.

  • ObiniceEnglish
    2•6 months ago

    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.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•6 months ago

      The US, for one, which pretty much makes it apply universally anywhere on YouTube, Reddit, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc, as they’re all US companies.