News outlets turn to Reddit as Musk’s X descends into chaos
www.washingtonpost.com
But where to post on Reddit, with its thousands of subreddits, can present an ethical dilemma.
  • Lvxferre
    33•7 months ago

    How I’m reading those news: “as astroturfing in Twitter becomes unviable, online pulp magazines turn to Reddit. They’re clueless on how to navigate the place and, once they learn how to do it, Reddit Inc. will spoil their fun by finding some way to squeeze them dry, and because Reddit is undergoing the same process as Twitter that makes you uneasy to associate your brand with that place.”

    “We had some organic success on Reddit. So we were like, we should start being more intentional,” said Brady Stone

    “We found some grassroots there. We should replace it with astroturfing ASAP.”

  • Stern
    11•7 months ago

    “Musk is bad lets go to the platform of a guy who idolizes Musk instead this will surely end well.”

  • @HowMany@lemmy.ml
    7•7 months ago

    AND at the whim of moderators and administrators if the material will ‘get you banned’ or not. Reichit more like these days.

  • @morrowind@lemmy.ml
    4•7 months ago

    This is actually one of the main weaknesses of reddit. Was planning to write an article about it. Damn it

    • @Rivalarrival
      16•7 months ago

      A trifecta is three; Elon and reddit are two. Maybe you forgot to mention the paywall?

        • @Rivalarrival
          10•7 months ago

          You are not using the word “trifecta” properly.

            • @Rivalarrival
              8•7 months ago

              I mean, we aren’t using it in the literal sense here. Literally, a trifecta is when you correctly guess the first three finishers in a race, in the correct order.

              Now, if you had a propensity for blocking people who spoke about Elon, and you had a propensity for blocking people who spoke about reddit, and you had a propensity for blocking people who linked to paywalled articles, then you could colloquially say that OP “hit the trifecta”, and “won” a ban.

              Offhand, I can’t think of a specific word where two instigating factors invite a specific response. I’m sure there is one, but I am equally sure that word is not “trifecta”.

                • @Rivalarrival
                  5•7 months ago

                  The best colloquial term for that rant is probably “doubling down”.

                  You are correct on one thing: I have not heard that phrase used in the manner in which you describe.

    • OtterEnglish
      11•7 months ago

      It might help to block the Reddit community if you don’t want to see Reddit related content