386 upvotes, 6 direct replies (showing 6)
View submission: Update regarding user profile transparency
I’m confident this has absolutely nothing to do with transparency.
This is one of the major prerequisite steps needed towards having profiles, of influencers and famous people, with those little blue check marks next to their name ala Twitter.
It also provides the linkages needed to understand, and subsequently sell, interest hives and associative data for advertising.
So, if you follow me, six months from now, based on associative interests, you’ll have clown porn related ads in your gmail. You’re welcome.
Comment by brikdik at 18/07/2019 at 20:13 UTC
72 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Yeah, it's way easier to package/sell a Reddit "influencer" with 1 million visible followers instead of 1 million magic mystery karma points
I bet it's a big sticking point in their sales pitch to big corps / advertising agencies and so, fuck it, let's do followers instead
Cool stuff Reddit management
Comment by philipwhiuk at 18/07/2019 at 23:37 UTC
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Comment by ikilledtupac at 19/07/2019 at 06:17 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This is exactly it.
Same reason Instagram is getting rid of public showing likes and dislikes, it’s so Instagram can manipulate what we they want.
Comment by ReadingFromTheToilet at 18/07/2019 at 20:34 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Cool thanks, followed
Comment by illeristov at 18/07/2019 at 20:38 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
.... *followed*
Comment by [deleted] at 19/07/2019 at 03:57 UTC*
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