Margot Robbie@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · 8 months agoAI Is Poisoning Reddit to Promote Products and Game Google With 'Parasite SEO'www.404media.coexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1246arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: reddit@lemmy.mlghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zonetechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1244arrow-down1external-linkAI Is Poisoning Reddit to Promote Products and Game Google With 'Parasite SEO'www.404media.coMargot Robbie@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: reddit@lemmy.mlghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zonetechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
Promoting products on reddit by blatantly advertising in the comment section? Who would do such a thing?
minus-squarepsvrh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up70·8 months agoAs soon as the “just use site:reddit.com to get around SEO bullshit” became public knowledge it was only a matter of time before this happened.
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 months agoExactly. One day it will involve fediverse. So enjoy it here for here now, where the only spam we face is the black market prescription drugs spammers on kbin, and people pushing their own news blogs.
minus-squarepsvrh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoHonestly, we should have just stuck with Usenet.
minus-squarecriss_cross@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoYeah the marketing rot always follows where the audience is. Nothing good can remain untainted.
minus-squareTag365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoSo when did it become public knowledge? When the Google is broken controversy started?
As soon as the “just use site:reddit.com to get around SEO bullshit” became public knowledge it was only a matter of time before this happened.
Exactly.
One day it will involve fediverse. So enjoy it here for here now, where the only spam we face is the black market prescription drugs spammers on kbin, and people pushing their own news blogs.
Honestly, we should have just stuck with Usenet.
Probably.
Yeah the marketing rot always follows where the audience is.
Nothing good can remain untainted.
So when did it become public knowledge? When the Google is broken controversy started?