Thousands of subreddits pledge to go dark after the Reddit CEO’s recent remarks

Re:Thousands of subreddits pledge to go dark after the Reddi... by ben_w on Sunday June 11, 2023 @04:13AM (#36279330)

To an extent. Although the stock price includes the performance of Instagram, doesn't it?

But I count as one of those, and the only time I tap an ad is by accident.

The ads are literally every 3rd slot (for me at least).

What do the advertisers get out of this?

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Re:Thousands of subreddits pledge to go dark after the Reddi... by satvikpendem on Sunday June 11, 2023 @04:18AM (#36279352)

Lots of users that are not you nor I click on ads. I should know, I used to run Instagram and Facebook ads for my product and my user acquisition cost on that was far lower than my average revenue per user. People absolutely click on ads and buy stuff.

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Re:Thousands of subreddits pledge to go dark after the Reddi... by doix on Sunday June 11, 2023 @05:22AM (#36279643)

People do genuinely click on and buy things from ads. I've never done it, but I helped my personal trainer sell his workout programs online.

I thought he was absolutely crazy and was going to waste a bunch of money. I was completely and utterly wrong. People were clicking ads and buying his workout plans.

At that point I realized I'm completely out of touch with the majority of social media users.

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