blarth@thelemmy.club to Reddit@lemmy.world · 3 months agoUnblockable political spammer ads now on Reddit.thelemmy.clubimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down12
arrow-up188arrow-down1imageUnblockable political spammer ads now on Reddit.thelemmy.clubblarth@thelemmy.club to Reddit@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareNo_Change_Just_Money@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoReddit shows you communities that you are not subscribed to in your subscription feed. The idea is to show you new communities you might be interested in. The question is whether it is just doing it on the base of an algorithm or if you can pay to have communities recommended more often
minus-squareominouslemon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down5·3 months ago Reddit shows you communities that you are not subscribed to in your subscription feed. Yeah, like I said, not spam and not an ad. It’s just an internal algorithmic recommendation
minus-squareblarth@thelemmy.clubOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoIt was an ad though. I couldn’t do anything to get rid of it, it wasn’t simply a suggested community post in the app.
minus-squareominouslemon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoAn ad is something that a 3d party buys to appear on a platform. This is a recommendation by the platform itself, so I would not define it as an ad
Reddit shows you communities that you are not subscribed to in your subscription feed.
The idea is to show you new communities you might be interested in.
The question is whether it is just doing it on the base of an algorithm or if you can pay to have communities recommended more often
Yeah, like I said, not spam and not an ad. It’s just an internal algorithmic recommendation
It was an ad though. I couldn’t do anything to get rid of it, it wasn’t simply a suggested community post in the app.
An ad is something that a 3d party buys to appear on a platform. This is a recommendation by the platform itself, so I would not define it as an ad