Reddit is testing verification labels for brands
Reddit is testing verification labels for brands
Reddit is testing its own version of a verification badge.
Spez really is going full Elon!
148It’s actually so cringe how he looks up to Elon and blatantly copies him as if he’s a role model businessman. Just pathetic.
64At this rate, he’ll also copy musk’s advertiser turnaround and changes in company valuation
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Can't wait until he renames Reddit to W.
58F
13More likely to be S, E, or Y
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Reddit doesn’t seem to understand what their platform is for. If people are adding “reddit” to the end of google searches, it shows that they want brands to talk less, and real people to talk more.
146Since when do brands want to be known on Reddit? Isn't the entire point to make a bunch of fake accounts and post positive comments about said brand, to make them look good?
HEY REDDIT, WHAT'S A BRAND YOU'LL BUY FOR LIFE!?
Queue the thousands of totally not brand accounts posting why said product is so perfect and you'll never buy any other brand again!
92But now the verified account can be like: ooo wow, we are totally humbled by the love for our product thank you so much you guys!!
47Then that will get screenshotted and posted on r/wholesome r/wholesomememes and r/mademesmile then make the rounds there forever.
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For guerrilla marketing techniques sure
But for official advertisements I imagine they would want to do them on a verified account.
11Like that disgusting "Samsung AMA" which was just a campaign for their S20-something. They deleted any question that wasn't basically, "what's so cool about [this feature] on the S20-something that I'm planning to get?"
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Have on official account to post announcements then bots to upvote it.
10They would of course keep their astroturfing accounts unmarked, of course. But they might want a corporate mountpiece account. Like they have on twitter.
8ive seen in the nreal, now xreal, sub where having people from the company to talk to about issues helps. im not trying to market anything but just use an example. i doubt thats what they are going for but it can be a positive side effect.
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That's great news, I'm really digging the slow downfall.
61Permanently Deleted
22Something something die a hero something something become the villain.
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Further proof that Reddit is committed to copying every stupid decision that the Muskrat makes.
50Spez loves Musk after all, can't take his head out of his ass.
14Come on, that's just mean. He obviously doesn't have his head up Musks ass. His teeth would never be able to fit in there.
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Every fucking social media company wants to be the same thing. It's boring as shit.
44It’s all in prep for the pump and dump when it IPOs.
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I guess there will just be a bunch of verified accounts running around doing "organic" marketing for their latest projects now.
Boy, I am sure glad nobody has ever done that on Lemmy before.
43Weren't they already doing that? I swear, you read some posts and it's like a PR team is trying to get a story buried. Like after a Leo DiCaprios dating history got air time you started seeing him in more memes the next days, and TILs about how he was a good actor
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It really feels like they presented a road map at the beginning of the year and are sticking to it no matter what, neither looking at their own user base nor what is happening in the world of big social media right now.
It's almost impressive.
32I wish I had their resolution and obliviousness.. I just have inertia and anxiety..
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'we have verified that no brands want to be here, and thus haven't labeled anything'
23This will just make them be down voted to oblivion by default... See EA
22Coming soon to reddit patch notes.
- Downvote button removed for recognised brand accounts.
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Remember when reddit was people oriented?
18So 2013-2014? Lol
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That’s cool, I think a lot of us here would label Reddit as verifiably stupid.
16Gods I'm glad I left that shithole.
14Who needs reddit? Now I go to Imgur for memes, and Lemmy for news.
The only thing reddit is still better at is finding an answer to a very specific question (adding site:reddit.com to your Google searches works wonders), but that'll improve with time as more and more people get tired of Spez's bullshit and migrate here. Can't wait to see the death of reddit. Was a member since the beginning and it's sad to see it go the way of Digg.
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The only way I can believe Reddit is this stupid is if investors are holding a gun to their head and demand profitability.
10If they weren't before, they would be after an IPO.
3What are they raising capital for?
Why IPO without an expansion into new markets that requires funding?
There is no growth on the horizon for reddit that justifys overpaying for ownership at IPO prices.
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Silence, brand.
8I don't see anything immediately wrong with verification. There are cases where people reach out to companies for support, and having them be verified helps. Tech enthusiasts like us might be less susceptible to phishing/scams, but regular folks aren't.
However, after everything Reddit has done recently, there's no stopping them from turning this into a status symbol thing like "the website formerly known as Twitter". They could tweak their algorithm to boost comments of "verified" accounts, degrading the quality of conversation there.
4Good for them?
4:/
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