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My colleague posted a socially awkward penguin meme ridiculing his failure as a mobile game developer. The post itself was funny and relatable, but didn't have
by davio 6y ago
My colleague posted a socially awkward penguin meme ridiculing his failure as a mobile game developer.
The post itself was funny and relatable, but didn't have any self-promotion. People asked about the game in the comments and he got his biggest download day as a result.
- lotsofpulp 6y agoThat’s the kind of strategy that I would expect to find in an article titled “How to use Reddit to get your first users”.
- xavier_ 6y agoReddit loves memes and the subs of fun/meme are super huge! Didn't tried it yet :)
- dbbljack 6y agofishing for someone to ask about your product feels just as disingenuous as posting from a brand account but reddit slurps it up.
- brlewis 6y agoIt seems different to me, because on subreddits plagued by self promotion, nobody will ask.
- dclusin 6y agoFor every meme like this there's probably a thousand that pretend to be this and fail miserably.