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I agree with all of the above but there are two good dynamics. For small niche subreddits where you only get a few answers it seems less likely that those are

by comboy 6y ago

I agree with all of the above but there are two good dynamics. For small niche subreddits where you only get a few answers it seems less likely that those are advertisements (and user history is often telling) And on bigger subs, it's much harder to manipulate the answer unless your product is already pretty decent and you're just fighting over some market spot. In other words, obviously bad products won't be able to advertise this way because of negative comments, but some covert brand building certainly can be done.

MegaButts 6y ago
> In other words, obviously bad products won't be able to advertise this way because of negative comments Negative comments can be downvoted and it's not a secret that you can buy reddit accounts and that there are lots of bots. A comment only needs what, 5 downvotes before it's automatically minimized by the default view? You're not seeing those comments unless you're digging, the same way you would on Amazon or anywhere else.