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Re:Reddit, where chaos thrives, tries to clean up to attract... by Traster on Monday October 07, 2019 @05:18AM (#21178857)
There's a good reason why podcast hosts read the ad copy. Even if an advert is obviously an advert - if it comes from a trusted source it's still more effective. The adverts which are astro-turfed as real posts are more effective simply because they seem to be endorsed by the community you're a part of.
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Re:Reddit, where chaos thrives, tries to clean up to attract... by PaulKeeble on Monday October 07, 2019 @01:10PM (#21183285)
It also isn't legal throughout most of the western world so it is a pretty risky thing to be doing. Saying that no one has cracked down on the youtube channels that repeatedly do it nor websites that have been utilising it for 15 years so I guess it is pretty hard to start prosecuting now, it won't be Reddit that shows the necessity of applying that law.
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Re:Reddit, where chaos thrives, tries to clean up to attract... by Traster on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @06:31AM (#21190669)
There actually has been enforcement: https://www.asa.org.uk/rulings/mondelez-uk-ltd-a14-275018.ht...
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