The landed gentry are only in charge until the king comes to town and chops off a few heads. At least that seems to be the case at Reddit, where CEO Steve Huffman pretended his complaints about cur…

The landed gentry are only in charge until the king comes to town and chops off a few heads. At least that seems to be the case at Reddit, where CEO Steve Huffman pretended his complaints about current moderators — who were protesting his decision to effectively cut off API access to tons of useful…

  • 🦥󠀠󠀠󠀠󠀠󠀠󠀠@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    1 year ago

    Too many people ad block everything on Reddit in any decent category that you might want to target.

    The real way to do it is an army of paid shills making posts and comments by a third party.

    • Art35ian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      1 year ago

      I agree with your comment while I enjoy this piping hot Dominos Cheesey-Cheese Delix Pizza, delivered hot and fresh right to my door.

      • mo_ztt ✅@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        So I generally agree with you on (a), but I do like to just try stuff and measure how well it works, and sometimes I get surprised. I did try (b) also, and I actually had a pretty hard time sorting out where to post where my promotional posts wouldn’t instantly be removed, how to post in a way that made it clear I’m here to sell my stuff without being overbearing about it, etc. I actually did figure it out eventually and had some level of success with it in terms of people engaging with my stuff, but it didn’t lead to any sales (for the short time I did it). I mean, it makes sense. Most people don’t read a post and come away from it with the idea “I gotta run out and buy that thing!”

        Some subreddits actually specifically say that if you want to advertise your stuff, that’s what ads are for. I’ve got no problem with either paying for advertising or just being honest about what I’m there for; mostly I just care that it works, which is far as I can tell reddit’s ads didn’t for me.