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.

  • Queen HawlSera
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    47 months ago

    The sad thing is, I’d probably still be using it if I wasn’t one of those hit with a “Site-Wide Ban because we love power tripping!”

    • @Agrivar
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      37 months ago

      Did they hit you with the one that even monitors the IP you’re coming from, so even a completely new email address won’t let you create a new account? That’s what forced me to migrate here about a year ago!

      • Queen HawlSera
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        17 months ago

        Naw, I heard they’re really good at sniping Ban Evasion, so I didn’t even try