I'm not sure how this would be avoidable anywhere, without heavy moderation by mods (who are, on reddit, volunteers) that had to read every single comment and c

I'm not sure how this would be avoidable anywhere, without heavy moderation by mods (who are, on reddit, volunteers) that had to read every single comment and consider its place on the line between 'shilling' and 'talking about products they like'. Reddit isn't dead, it's a place where people talk, and on the modern internet, that means that companies send people to talk, too.