How Split Fiction, World of Warships, and Other Games Astroturfed Reddit
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The post discusses how some game developers astroturfed Reddit to promote their games, and the community discusses the ethics and potential alternatives to this marketing strategy.
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skeptrune
about 2 months ago
I don't mind this kind of marketing. It sounds like "hire us to get involved in your community with Reddit accounts and post about your game". Maybe if there was an easy way to sponsor redditors they wouldn't do this, but until this seems fine.
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