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Re:Don't let Reddit kill 3rd party apps by toyg on Sunday June 04, 2023 @05:44AM (#36184318)
The problem mentioned by parent comment is that it basically ends there: they struggle to cross-reference your Reddit persona (faithful ad it may be) with the bucketloads of signals advertisers get from other sites.

If you talk about buying a car on some random app, chances are that you'll then see ads on Facebook about used cars. Facebook gets to know what you do elsewhere, and offers advertisers extremely precise (and hence more valuable) targeting. That's what Reddit can't do.

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Re:Don't let Reddit kill 3rd party apps by disgruntledphd2 on Sunday June 04, 2023 @09:29AM (#36185443)
They need a pixel/SDK to make that work. That should have been step 1 in relevancy. Seems like they could also gave used their sharing buttons but whoever is running their ads strategy may not be focused on the right things (i.e. Dr advertisers from adult and gaming to start with).
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Re:Don't let Reddit kill 3rd party apps by HDThoreaun on Sunday June 04, 2023 @12:04PM (#36186666)
Reddit definitely has a pixel. They don't have a 3rd party ad product though like FB and google so why would sites add it?
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Re:Don't let Reddit kill 3rd party apps by disgruntledphd2 on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @05:54AM (#36210427)
For conversion tracking is generally why people add these.
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