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SnackSockoff.co creates subreddit to advertise socks, uses vote manipulation to get to front page (self.SubredditDrama)

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This post was made by a reddit account who had no prior activity in the last two years, except for one comment (at 0 points) 6 days prior to the incident. The post was on many people's /r/all within minutes, which has happened before, involving the same site.

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[–]SoundBearier 78 ポイント79 ポイント  (6子コメント)

Again?? YES!! Last time was a legendary fail. Where's my popcorn?

[–]See_i_did [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

You should check out the sub he created. He must be asleep because it's almost all critical posts.

Edit: /r/sockerclub

[–]tommy2014015i'd tongue fuck pycelle's asshole if it saved my family [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Honestly the website is getting publicity hahah I wonder how long before the admins nuke it

[–]Droidaphonehas watched society descend into its present morass [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

'this community has been banned.'

[–]tinglingoxbow [スコア非表示]  (6子コメント)

The brazen post they made to bestof was pretty funny though.

[–]tommy2014015i'd tongue fuck pycelle's asshole if it saved my family [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

A kind redditor offers 50% off on socks!!!

[–]squidgy617 [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

I need a link to this.

[–]tinglingoxbow [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Here you go

[–]downvotesyndromekid [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

He's got the Reddit lingo down. Plus a smiley face to finish. They seem pretty self aware tbh

[–]squidgy617 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

That's fucking hilarious.

[–]thatrugbylad*sips tea* [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Shove your shitty socks up your urethra you vote manipulating garbage fiend.

wew

[–]WearyTunesSweet Vermouth and Mod Aboose 37 ポイント38 ポイント  (4子コメント)

so glad we got rid of /r/spam

[–]blueboybob [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

send a message to admins

www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com

message the admins

https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2Freddit.com&subject=&message=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Freddit.com%2F

[–]See_i_did [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

There's always /r/hailcorporate !

[–]PandemultGod knew what he was doing, buttholes are really nice. [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Right, but that sub is dedicated to the great evil of...saying names rather then actually calling out shady advertising.

[–]thedevilsdictionary [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

How do they remove spam now?

What's the big plan? I'm pretty sure that place just ran off user post flags, possibly weighted somehow.

People will always abuse spam tools like a weapon but Christ reddit, at least have a plan first.

[–]_Mr-Skeltal_thanks for the flair [スコア非表示]  (24子コメント)

Someone paid money for it to be there and no one cares to stop it. This makes up a lot of your front page except they are more subtle normally.

From a commenter there, this is a very astute observation. I am on a state subreddit where a restaurant chain somehow keeps posting photo snaps having to do with their company and getting 100+ upvotes. I once looked up their ad agency and found that the agency has an entire social media department, complete with programmers and data specialists. I can only imagine how much of Reddit is shill content -- basically anything to do with businesses and politics.

[–]Rebelrbl [スコア非表示]  (8子コメント)

I'm a mod of my university subreddit, it's eye opening how much of this we get even as a little tiny niche sub.

[–]AbsoluteTruth [スコア非表示]  (6子コメント)

It shouldn't be that startling; engagement rates are significantly higher for targeted ads than blanket ones. If you know where your market flocks, advertising there is extremely efficient, and university websites/subreddits are a prime advertising location.

I used to do some freelance marketing consulting while I was bored one summer and I increased a handful of business' foot traffic by almost 30% just by using Snapchat geofilter ads on the nearby campus. Cost the businesses like 25 bucks a day for a week and the increase in business lasted for a few months.

[–]Rebelrbl [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

Well they really won't like me then, I do my best to bar any ads on mine. You only get to promote if you are involved in the sub outside of that. We have other local subs to spam with ads.

[–]AbsoluteTruth [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

Yeah that's probably the best call. That said I know a few people that have made a decent amount of money being a moderator on subs like yours. It's tough to resist.

[–]Rebelrbl [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Eh I make enough money and if it ever became a sub that required a ton of effort or anything like that was happening I'd leave. That's just silly.

I took it up because the old mods were long gone and no one was dealing with the spam and stuff and I wanted a place students could get help and advice that's useful.

[–]So_Full_Of_Fail [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

That said I know a few people that have made a decent amount of money being a moderator.

I knew it. /r/eve is rigged.

[–]thedevilsdictionary [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

It's a touchy subject though. Bring it up and you'll likely be he one banned and reported. People think it's some wild conspiracy.

This site is such trash.

[–]setfiretoflamesreally likes talking about food [スコア非表示]  (9子コメント)

/r/malefashionadvice gets this constantly. I hang out on the /new queue a lot, and I'm never surprised by how many attempts there are to get things through, and how many times a use will resubmit their post. I remember a similar sock company resubmitted 5-10 times in 10 or so minutes because they'd get removed immediately.

[–]tommy2014015i'd tongue fuck pycelle's asshole if it saved my family [スコア非表示]  (8子コメント)

Honest question but are socks important fashion wise? I just wear whatever shit i find first

[–]heavyreading [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

Counterpoint to the other guy: I always get compliments on my socks. They're not "crazy" beyond having designs on them that aren't diamonds or plain black. I recommend.

[–]BetterCallViv [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Depends on the outfit.

[–]setfiretoflamesreally likes talking about food [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Nah I'm wearing Kirkland dress socks rn, literally the most basic ones you can get. Fun socks are dumb and spending money on socks is dumb (unless they're hiking/etc ones). People who try to draw attention to their socks in an outfit generally have worse outfits and are trying to compensate by wearing crazy socks.

[–]onyxandcake [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

I'm sure someone else is saying the same about the things you enjoy in your life.

[–]Jiketi [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

I can only imagine how much of Reddit is shill content -- basically anything to do with businesses and politics.

Given that many of the people talking about shills are nutjobs, it's not taken very seriously.

[–]tommy2014015i'd tongue fuck pycelle's asshole if it saved my family [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

if i was employed by every organization ive been accused of id literally be a real world varys

[–]lolpancakeslol [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Reddit is infested with marketers, this place is an advertising wet dream so naturally people are trying to take advantage of it. Anyone you talk to can be a shill or some bro working for a PR company. Drink Pepto Bismol if you got the shits.

[–]spacemoses [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Tell us if you start seeing ads for Pepto Bismol

[–]spacemoses [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I wonder if some of the good ole fashioned repost content is used to thin out other artificially boosted content if it gets to dense on the front page. Not sure if that makes sense.

[–]Jiketi [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

This is what happens when you hire an advertising agency that doesn't know dick about advertising on Reddit, but wants to reach todays youth.

They say that any advertising is good advertising.

[–]BlisterBox [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

They say that any advertising is good advertising.

I think Pepsi and Kendall Jenner might disagree with you there.

[–]demuratrixLolcats were the Ur-Meme [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Nobody gets my generation quite like Pepsi

Viva la facile, infantalizing revolucion

[–]tdogredmanBlack knight [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Tell me one person who stopped drinking Pepsi because of that shitty advertisement. It got people talking about it, and that's all adverts want. You know all those memes about shitty ads? Thats free advertising for those companies. I can't claim to understand how advertising works because it sure as hell doesn't work on me, but I don't think that had any negative effect on them.

[–]Indetermination [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I've got a degree in advertising and they actually do not teach you this, and actually teach you that some advertising is bad.

[–]deadkandy [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

AAANDDD banned

[–]Works_of_memercy [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Wait, was it socksoff.co or socksoff.com? Because the former is a suspended domain, while the latter is one of the favorite shitposting memes on /r/drama. I'm half believing that the whole thing is actually a snafu by one of the more mischievous people from there.

[–]fraggle-stick-car [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

At least this was funny drama, with no murder, child abuse or racism. Just socks.

[–]nosut [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Its banned

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