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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 222 ポイント223 ポイント  (32子コメント)

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

[–]See_i_did 94 ポイント95 ポイント  (29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 67 ポイント68 ポイント  (13子コメント)

'this community has been banned.'

[–]See_i_did 30 ポイント31 ポイント  (0子コメント)

That was quick. Oh well.

[–]table_fireplace [スコア非表示]  (10子コメント)

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

[–]Agronox [スコア非表示]  (1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.

[–]aco620לטאה יהודייה לוחם צדק חברתי [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Hey! Reddit isn't just gonna let big sockorate come on in here and blatantly manipulate their website! Those poor white supremacists that simply want all the niggers, camel fuckers, and jewbalists to be savagely murdered, well they're just expressing their Jesus given right, clearly outlined in the first amendment of the constitution, which Trump wrote, being God's final prophet here on Earth. I'm sorry you can't just respect other people's opinions. Maybe you're the real bigot after all.

But sock selling is where they draw the line! You want to hock your crappy goods, you gotta do it like everyone else and do an AmA either as a celebrity or a popular novelty account (which is basically the same thing around here.)

[–]MonkeyNinHere for the 🐒 business [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

We need a campaign to make them sell socks.

[–]pilgrimboy [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

We will ban you for vote manipulation when we don't agree with you or we want you to pay and you haven't.

[–]local_moronRedditors don't want to give a shit. 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (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 110 ポイント111 ポイント  (9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 92 ポイント93 ポイント  (0子コメント)

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

[–]squidgy617 26 ポイント27 ポイント  (7子コメント)

I need a link to this.

[–]tinglingoxbow 47 ポイント48 ポイント  (6子コメント)

Here you go

[–]thatrugbylad*sips tea* 50 ポイント51 ポイント  (3子コメント)

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

wew

[–]downvotesyndromekid 21 ポイント22 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 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (0子コメント)

That's fucking hilarious.

[–]fraggle-stick-car 32 ポイント33 ポイント  (3子コメント)

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

[–]WearyTunesSweet Vermouth and Mod Aboose 71 ポイント72 ポイント  (12子コメント)

so glad we got rid of /r/spam

[–]blueboybob 16 ポイント17 ポイント  (1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

[–]86413518473465 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I've informed the admins of spammers and they dealt with them and even responded to thank me so it didn't feel like I was ignored. It works, just not very quickly.

[–]thedevilsdictionary 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (3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]  (2子コメント)

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

[–]666Pack [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

And hope you don't receive this as a reply:

"Thanks for the heads-up. As you may know, we have recently sun-setted our self promotion policy. We recommend banning the user from your subreddit if you believe their posting activity is not inline with your community standards."

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

And of course everyone has this original idea to be the next YouTube quirky gamer/super chef star and they just want to hang out and tell you about their channel.

Aren't we going to some digg shit now where you visit a feed of a person and not a subreddit?

Imagine how quickly OC would get recognized over shitty bot content.

[–]See_i_did 21 ポイント22 ポイント  (5子コメント)

There's always /r/hailcorporate !

[–]PandemultGod knew what he was doing, buttholes are really nice. 38 ポイント39 ポイント  (4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 20 ポイント21 ポイント  (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!!!!!!"

[–]LiterallyKeshaOriginal Creator of SubredditDrama [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

Friendly reminder of that one time they harassed a guy who got his house burned down and made a reddit post on how the local Olive Garden helped him out afterwards to the point where an admin had to step in and verify that yes, OP's house burned down.

[–]PandemultGod knew what he was doing, buttholes are really nice. [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

WAIT WHAT?!

[–]LiterallyKeshaOriginal Creator of SubredditDrama [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

SRD link

HailCorp Link

Note that the top comments on hail corp are only bashing the sub because of the backlash from the rest of the website having to put up with the "fake" accusations and the admin stepping in.

[–]_Mr-Skeltal_thanks for the flair 137 ポイント138 ポイント  (42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.

[–]setfiretoflamesreally likes talking about food 35 ポイント36 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.

[–]Rebelrbl 52 ポイント53 ポイント  (11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 48 ポイント49 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 12 ポイント13 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 9 ポイント10 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 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (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 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (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 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (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 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (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?

[–]pilgrimboy [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

And yet people act like manipulation on Reddit of places like /r/politics is a conspiracy theory. Welll, at least they used to. I don't know if they still do or not.

[–]thedevilsdictionary 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (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.

[–]lolpancakeslol 27 ポイント28 ポイント  (2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 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Tell us if you start seeing ads for Pepto Bismol

[–]snallygasterFUCK_MOD$_420 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

For a while, even /r/trashy was getting spammed with ads for trash pickup services. Even /r/drama gets them, albeit not stealth ads. Though once a marketing consultant did infiltrate the sub and use it as an example of how to engage an audience in a way that seems organic on his blog. I ain't even mad though cause he bought me 2 growlers of my favorite sour ale to make up for featuring my comments. Great guy

[–]JustCallMeDave [スコア非表示]  (1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!

[–]pilgrimboy [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I read this post while I was at Burger King. Their burgers have that outdoor summer grill flavor. You know what I'm talking about. It's like I'm sitting out on the patio, hanging out with friends when I get a burger from Burger King. Summertime! At Burger King!

[–]Jiketi 15 ポイント16 ポイント  (2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.

[–]local_moronRedditors don't want to give a shit. 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

thank mr skeltal for interesting information and strong bones.

[–]spacemoses 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (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.

[–]BrobearBerbil [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

Anything tangentially related to a new movie coming out has marketing behind it. The formula the marketers use is pretty easy, but works extremely well. They'll post something about one of the actors involved, but it will be a charming behind the scenes moment from a past movie they were in that's a Reddit favorite. Or, pics will have something about "here's a screenplay I got back with notes from Scorsese when I was 18" and it'll happen to be the director of the film coming out in a week. Stuff like, here's this TIL about Chris Pratt and Anna Ferris that's super adorable and the timing is exactly before his new movie. Or, about Marvel movie is coming out, let's roll out all the Stan Lee reposts that always hit front page. The posts about Stan Lee's wife this week were probably some of the first authentic posts about him in a long long time.

[–]JamarcusRusselYou need a man. Approach me and no time will be wasted [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Marvel definitely killed Stan Lee's wife for marketing.

[–]BrobearBerbil [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Aw. I don't even want to joke about it. I'm sad for him.

[–]Sloth_with_Dentures [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

If you see a brand name on /r/all then it's probably an ad. Even if it's just a conspicuously turned label on a product in a picture.

[–]Amelaclya1 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

My favourite are the super obvious ones that always get upvoted.

"<something bad> happened to me. I posted a photo about it on <social media>. <Company name> noticed that I owned one of <their products> and sent me all of this swag!"

[–]Works_of_memercy 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (1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.

[–]justcool393TotesMessenger Shill [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Neither. There is no s in either.

[–]Jiketi 18 ポイント19 ポイント  (13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.

[–]Indetermination 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (3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 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

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

Because this is being talked about.

[–]Amelaclya1 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Do they teach you that putting fliers on people's cars is bad? Because I definitely make a point to never use any business that does that.

/pet peeve.

[–]pilgrimboy [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I stopped shopping at Old Navy because of some terrible ads ten years ago. But I should have not shopped there anyway.

[–]BlisterBox 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (5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 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Nobody gets my generation quite like Pepsi

Viva la facile, infantalizing revolucion

[–]tdogredmanBlack knight 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (3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 14 ポイント15 ポイント  (1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...

[–]boom_shoesLikes his men like he likes his women; androgynous. [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I fucking love bumbling fools who try and claim that "advertising doesn't work on me"

Fucking bullshit. Absolute bullshit. Ever watched a movie trailer? Ever picked between two restaurants? Ever bought a pair of shoes? For fucks sake, people are oblivious to the advertising that works on them (most of the time), no shit!

[–]CorndogNinja:^) [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I remember after that whole ad kerfuffle "funny photos" were going around where actual protesters brought Pespi for protestors and cops.

ironically spending money on a product is still spending money on a product

[–]aYearOfPromptsBanned from Uncensored News (WOOHOO!!!) 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (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.

[–]AlxariamGrilled cheese and melts are the same thing [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Pretty much. I'd never heard of them before this drama, and I probably never would have.

[–]bouchard [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Hello, fellow kids!

[–]Fawnet 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

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

[–]impablomations 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (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◕_◕ 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I always wondered 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'

[–]deadkandy 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

AAANDDD banned

[–]nosut 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Its banned

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[–]gongmong 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

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

[–]grungebot5000jesus man [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

wait, you mean there actually IS a sockoff.co???