• [object Object]@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Reddit’s advertising clients would see that the clickthrough rate is shit. Which dictates the price that they are willing to pay for the advertisement.

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      18 hours ago

      Have you ever clicked on a reddit ad? Many users have shit stats, and if that was used for detecting bots, then bots would click ads, reddit would lose trust, and that would damage them even more

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        18 hours ago

        This has nothing to do with users’ stats. This has to do with how advertisers judge if it’s worth to place ads on a particular platform.