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Your engagement is more important to them than your message. So yeah, I’d rather not have it 🤷
Edit: pretty sure the very large social media company already expected people to create stuff like this before they opened r/place, and they decided it was worth it. So yeah I’m still gonna say that if they let this type of messaging happen it’s not gonna matter in the slightest. I don’t think they’re that stupid like y’all do.
Ah yes, the old "It's still engagement" angle.
Do you really think it would be a major addition to their views if even a whole major instance of lemmy joined? The bot accounts alone being used there would overshadow the number of lemmings that engage there. And that doesn't even count streamers with tens of thousands of minions. Even if 20,000 lemmings went there, it won't make a mark. A lot of people, shockingly, are still ignorant of what happened. Idk how that's even possible but there you go.
They. Will. Get. Their. Views. Regardless.
Might as well get something out of it.
Not if your message would prevent them from using it for advertisers. They've been removing nipples, dicks, piss, guillotines, etc and people still put them there. How do you think advertisers will react to that when they don't want their brands associated with "unsavory" stuff?
Also it is really funny to put a Lemmy advertisement on Reddit's thing
Personally, i enjoy watching people insist on adding nipples and piss to some artwork and watch admins give up on being subtle and erasing it wholesale, but that's just me. But yeah, what you said is hilarious, too.
This is also helpful because Reddit will not be able to brag about the event to investors without FUCK SPEZ or other offensive stuff showing, and any investor who does basic research will realize that their engagement statistics are inflated by bots anyway.
How much is engagement? Is it worth more than exposure? Can I pay you by sharing this art on my 10k-follower Instagram account?
Wut
This is a reference to “Exposure does not pay bills”.
Engagement does not pay bills, either. There were more bots than regular users so nobody who does any research will believe Reddit’s numbers, and any visuals of the event show how much people hate Reddit admins, so they’re unlikely to be able to brag about the event’s “success” to investors.
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