• No_Change_Just_Money@feddit.de
    12·
    6 months ago

    Reddit shows you communities that you are not subscribed to in your subscription feed.

    The idea is to show you new communities you might be interested in.

    The question is whether it is just doing it on the base of an algorithm or if you can pay to have communities recommended more often

    • ominouslemon@lemm.ee
      36·
      6 months ago

      Reddit shows you communities that you are not subscribed to in your subscription feed.

      Yeah, like I said, not spam and not an ad. It’s just an internal algorithmic recommendation

      • blarth@thelemmy.clubOP
        51·
        6 months ago

        It was an ad though. I couldn’t do anything to get rid of it, it wasn’t simply a suggested community post in the app.

        • ominouslemon@lemm.ee
          1·
          6 months ago

          An ad is something that a 3d party buys to appear on a platform. This is a recommendation by the platform itself, so I would not define it as an ad

          • blarth@thelemmy.clubOP
            2·
            6 months ago

            You still do not understand.

            When a community is suggested to you on Reddit, there is an option to see less of it, effectively blocking it from your feed. This had no option like that available, no fly out menu in the app.