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Reddit announced new ad features on Friday (www.redditinc.com)
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“We’ve known for over a decade that people come to Reddit to talk about the products they love – take r/BuyItForLife for example, a community of over 1.5 million redditors who have been sharing recommendations and advice about their lifelong, must-have purchases since 2011. These updates will uplevel the search-and-discover experience for both brands and our users by tapping into our differentiated value as a hub for actionable conversation”

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[–] ZappySnap@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Realistically, it’s not so much about effort as it is difficulty in finding a replacement. I’m testing out Lemmy at the moment, but it took over 3 days for my first signup to become active, and that sort of delay is really confusing and frustrating for the average person. I think most people trying to come here may just give up.

[–] RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Having to write an explanation for why I wanted to sign up was really discouraging for me. There should be more instances without that requirement.

[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

there will be. there is a high likelihood of brigading and DOS attack on the most hevily used instances right now. as more instances are stood up and federation deepens, 1 click signup will likely become much more common. I think sh.itjust.works is currently just that simple.

[–] RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I ended up going with sh.itjust.works

[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

a stellar choice, internet friend. enjoy! :-)

[–] biff@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

The signup delay is very confusing, I agree. To make matters worse, in some instances there’s no indication that your request even gets through, so the instructions basically say to try again, even if you’ve already lost your username.