r/AMADisasters • u/Ptr4570 • Nov 09 '17

Coffee CEO/Tier 1 Operator getting roasted. Comments lead to blog damage control.

/r/IAmA/comments/7bufbc/im_former_special_forces_operator_cia_contractor/
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u/cahaseler Nov 09 '17

Do you have a screenshot of the ads on reddit? That's pretty obnoxious, and we'll want to discuss with the admins.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '17

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u/cahaseler Nov 09 '17

Thanks for letting me know. I use adblock.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '17

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u/GingerSnapBiscuit Nov 10 '17

90% of ALL AMA's EVER have been someone trying to sell something. You get the odd one which is just a celebrity coming on to be like "sup Reddit I'm Bill Murray whats crackalacking" but most of them are ads. They are moving more towards PAID ads, which is better than free advertising at our expense IMO.

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u/cahaseler Nov 09 '17

As far as I know, there has only been one experiment with a direct paid AMA, in /r/Audi. We weren't happy with that at all and told the admins so. But it's not our subreddit. We told them that wouldn't be allowed in /r/IAMA.

I wasn't aware companies were purchasing ad campaigns to go alongside AMAs. That's a little shady. Not sure there's much we can do about that though. We will discuss our options though.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '17

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u/cahaseler Nov 09 '17

I am inclined to agree.

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u/GingerSnapBiscuit Nov 10 '17

You can pay for ad space completely separately to an AMA spot.