“We’ve known for over a decade that people come to Reddit to talk about the products they love – take r/BuyItForLife for example, a community of over 1.5 million redditors who have been sharing recommendations and advice about their lifelong, must-have purchases since 2011. These updates will uplevel the search-and-discover experience for both brands and our users by tapping into our differentiated value as a hub for actionable conversation”
Technically they never lied, you just wrongfully assumed the advertised product matched the subreddit name.
People are going to get awfully suspicious when the posts stop being 90% staplers from the 60s.