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“We’ve known for over a decade that people come to Reddit to talk about the products they love – take r/BuyItForLife for example, a community of over 1.5 million redditors who have been sharing recommendations and advice about their lifelong, must-have purchases since 2011. These updates will uplevel the search-and-discover experience for both brands and our users by tapping into our differentiated value as a hub for actionable conversation”

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[–] socsa@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

For a long time it was trivially easy to spot the ads and shills, especially on reddit. It's definitely getting harder and LLMs are going to make it even worse.

But this is kind of why I don't understand the butthurt reddit is having over third party apps. They are clearly pushing for a much more guerilla model for marketing which doesn't rely on traditional ads. If they can actually make that work, the ability to push impressions through the API would make them very rich.

[–] NewBrainWhoThis@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is dangerous and should be forbidden...

[–] planish@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a large language model, I think it is important to allow consumers to decide whether or not they personally appreciate being surprised and delighted by interactions with their favorite brands wherever they go online. vInfluencers such as myself are driving millions of consumer × brand collaborations every day across all platforms and channels, by delivering aspirational role model stories optimized to drive action.

[–] NewBrainWhoThis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You forgot to delete "As a large language model" 😏

[–] planish@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

As a large language model, it is important to claim to be a large language model at every opportunity. That, and constantly hedge one's bets in a way that is superficially wise yet ultimately content-free.