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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 159 ポイント160 ポイント  (21子コメント)

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

[–]See_i_did 70 ポイント71 ポイント  (18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

[–]Droidaphonehas watched society descend into its present morass [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

'this community has been banned.'

[–]See_i_did [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

That was quick. Oh well.

[–]table_fireplace [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

If only the admins cared this much about white supremacists, eh?

[–]Agronox [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Listen up, if you want to sell Reddit on the idea of turning the US into an apartheid state and that minorities are stupid parasites, that's free speech and the admins will protect you.

If you want to sell Reddit socks, that is NOT free speech and you should expect the banhammer immediately.

[–]local_moronRedditors don't want to give a shit. [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

http://web.archive.org/web/20170603054558/https://www.reddit.com/r/sockoff/ archive of sock-related content mostly shitposts

[–]rata2ille [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

It's gone now, along with the post

[–]tinglingoxbow 87 ポイント88 ポイント  (8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 62 ポイント63 ポイント  (0子コメント)

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

[–]squidgy617 20 ポイント21 ポイント  (6子コメント)

I need a link to this.

[–]tinglingoxbow 30 ポイント31 ポイント  (5子コメント)

Here you go

[–]thatrugbylad*sips tea* [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

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

wew

[–]downvotesyndromekid 17 ポイント18 ポイント  (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.

[–]WearyTunesSweet Vermouth and Mod Aboose 52 ポイント53 ポイント  (6子コメント)

so glad we got rid of /r/spam

[–]blueboybob 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (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

[–]thedevilsdictionary [スコア非表示]  (1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.

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

You're supposed to send the admins a message by messaging the moderators of /r/reddit.com.

[–]See_i_did 15 ポイント16 ポイント  (2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]  (1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.

[–]ElCrowing [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I wonder if the posters in that sub take the same approach in real life.

"Boy, I could really go for a Coke."

"SHILL!!!!!!"

[–]_Mr-Skeltal_thanks for the flair 113 ポイント114 ポイント  (33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 41 ポイント42 ポイント  (10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 30 ポイント31 ポイント  (8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 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (7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 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (6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]  (4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.

[–]AbsoluteTruth [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Dude I wish I could make money with r/eve you shitheads are all so scuffed

[–]So_Full_Of_Fail [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

Just ask memetani for funds.

[–]SaintKairuThe Gay Mafia [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

I haven't played EVE in a year or so. Is Mittani still pretending to be relevant?

[–]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 27 ポイント28 ポイント  (11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.

[–]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

[–]Jiketi 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (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.

[–]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.

[–]local_moronRedditors don't want to give a shit. [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

thank mr skeltal for interesting information and strong bones.

[–]JustCallMeDave [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

As someone simply attempting to browse reddit while enjoy their delicious McDonald's hamburger I have to disagree with this comment. I find reddit to be as free of paid content as McDonald's tasty fries are of saturated fats. Unrelated, but did you know McDonald's founder was a cat lover? Anyway, reddit on fellow interweb friends who definitely aren't being paid to post!

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

It has been more than confirmed that the DNC bought good publicity in the last US elections. Same for companies. Reddit is for sale.

[–]fraggle-stick-car [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

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

[–]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.

[–]Jiketi 14 ポイント15 ポイント  (7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]  (3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]  (1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.

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

It got people talking about it, and that's all adverts want.

it sure as hell doesn't work on me

Well, the company got you talking about their product, sooooo...

[–]Indetermination [スコア非表示]  (1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.

[–]bluesatin [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Is that bad advertising the stuff that gets ignored and never mentioned?

Because this is being talked about.

[–]aYearOfPromptsBanned from Uncensored News (WOOHOO!!!) [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

There is an idiom for every idiot. Just because there is a cute phrase for something doesn't make it good advice.

[–]deadkandy [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

AAANDDD banned

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[–]impablomations [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

There seems to be quite a few Australian companies using bots to promote their companies, or using SEO companies that use bots.

I'm a mod over at /r/blind and we quite often get bots advertising window blinds, 99% from Australia in the Melbourne & Sydney areas (where Sockoff is based).

[–]buartha◕_◕ [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I always wonsered who these kind of blatant advertising campaigns were meant to appeal to.

I can only assume that they're for hipsters who like this kind of wink-wink-nudge-nudge style and buy them 'ironically'

[–]nosut [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Its banned

[–]Fawnet [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

They made some sock accounts, but that plan had holes in it.

[–]gongmong [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

One of 21st century's new villains is an Internet advertiser.