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Then why do you encourage it?

OP just deleted. Wtf?

Here's his post before he nuked it.

Honestly, I'm sick and tired of this shit on Reddit and the fact that users are getting defrauded by cheap advertisers looking to lift their engagement with some free advertising. What happens is these agencies encourage employees to have social media accounts that they regularly use, and every once in a while they'll be called on to post something and/or upvote certain posts. Data analysis is done on what is the optimum time to post these things to get most upvotes from unsuspecting users. I don't know how much of the commenting is astroturfing, but enough to piss me off. I have been in conferences where marketing directors at companies like Netflix and major ad agencies discuss their strategies to use platforms like Reddit to spread their corporate message, and it frankly pisses me off and I'm sick of it. It's dishonest and offensive. Let me stress that I am not an advertiser--I am a journalist covering advertising. Big difference! It does mean, however, that I know a lot of people in a lot of agencies who work on these kinds of campaigns. AMA. Edit: I've been verified by the mods. http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1b3wfu/that_olive_garden_receipt_is_fake_its_free/c93chcu Edit 2: This needs to be read by more people: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1b3wfu/that_olive_garden_receipt_is_fake_its_free/c93daaw Edit 3: While I don't know if these posters are who they say they are, what they say is correct and this should be read by everyone on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1b3wfu/that_olive_garden_receipt_is_fake_its_free/c93dvrk?context=3 http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1b3wfu/that_olive_garden_receipt_is_fake_its_free/c93dvhe?context=3

Local farmer's markets are a good place. Depending on where you live, they can actually be common!

What are the 'worst parts' of Philadelphia?

What's going on with The Last of Us? Has any filming started? That project has been awfully silent!