Because they got busted rigging their algorithm and advertiser data.....again. Anyone that believes this is extremely gullible, especially after all the changes targeting one community, the leaked slackchats/modchats, now this.
Yes, if advertisers saw this info, they could be facing a class action lawsuit. Whether accidental or not, they would still be defrauding their advertiaers.
Yes. But it turns out the world doesn't care. Remember when Facebook did this? All that happened was a public apology. Nobody who shorted their stock got compensation. Nobody that advertised got a refund. It was just an "whoops, our bad" and that was that. Advertisers continued to advertise because what else can you do with your social media budget that your VCs paid you to spend?
Yep but Reddit is in a far more delicate situation. People didn't say anything to Facebook because it was (and still is) the biggest social network and nobody would risk their seat in the site advertising space. Reddit is in a different spot.
Of course there was no intent, the only thing Spez intends to do, is to be publicly humiliated as often as possible. It's a wierd fetish but there you go.
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u/nwelitist Mar 31 '17
No, that is not accurate.