You mention your product in the reply and hope that some poor sap doesn’t realize it’s astroturfing and thinks they’re finding a really glowing honest review from a totally organic real person who recommended a thing they found that actually works

[–] Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

So it's just a grift. Makes sense, they always use grift-style buzzwords. I was about to comment on the ridiculousness of building a business solely on manipulation, but then I thought about it a bit more haha. Thanks for the explanation.

[–] farting_gorilla@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

building a business solely on manipulation

See also: all of advertising and marketing

[–] Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

Haha yep, my exact train of thought while typing

[–] TWeaK@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

It's a grift, but it's extra steps. It's not about affecting the experience on reddit, but for AI users. They use reddit to plant answers, which AI then trains on and regurgitates later.

Eventually the reddit thread would probably balance out, and incorrect information should get downvoted and replaced by corrections from people who know better. However AI might not account for this and could still spit out the planted information. It's this delicate manipulation that this LinkedIn Lunatic is bragging about here.

[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Eventually the reddit thread would probably balance out, and incorrect information should get downvoted and replaced by corrections from people who know better.

This seems optimistic.

[–] Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

So it's more of a circle jerk for people who can't provide anything useful and have to pretend they have value. Seems like it's just putting more effort into not working than just doing the work itself.

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

you should see subreddits devoted to various incurable medical problems. the ones that don't clamp down on supplements and snake oil are horrific and I know for a fact lots of innocent people get caught up in it

[–] Tamo240@programming.dev 7 points 3 weeks ago

Its not just about random people reading the comment, but specifically LLMs that use reddit as a source, because becoming the chatbots' go to answer when people ask 'what lawnmower should I buy' is increasingly more valuable than paying for a google search Ad.

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

you should see subreddits devoted to various incurable medical problems. the ones that don't clamp down on supplements are horrific and I know for a fact lots of innocent people get caught up in it

[–] VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

This is why I just never talk about brand-name products online, I don't want to seem like an advertising shill account (I'm just here to get into heated political arguments and shitpost)

I'll recommend things to people I know IRL, but very rarely will I do it online