• TicaVerde@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I agree and I also think companies will (or are) going to try more “organic” marketing by going into comments and pretending to be customers and recommend their products.

    I thought about that when I went to a new hair salon and in their new customer form one of the questions was “how did you hear about us” and one of the options was Reddit.

    I kind of would rather have ads if I had to because they are easier to identify. Now I can’t trust people in the Reddit comments.

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      10 months ago

      If an advertiser figured out how to orchestrate that swarm of comments getting behind a recommendation that all seem very natural it would be difficult to tell that it’s an ad and not just organic feedback.

      I share your worry as well that it may already be happening.