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Reddit embracing all out enshittification

arstechnica.com Reddit, AI spam bots explore new ways to show ads in your feed

Reddit says its "communities are naturally commercial."

Reddit, AI spam bots explore new ways to show ads in your feed

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.

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  • Incredible news for us! Thanks, Reddit! 🎉

    • Yep, the faster the better. The worst thing would be a slowly boiling frog effect where people don't notice and stay put.

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