Steam Autumn Sale 2023: Official Trailer - eviltoast
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  • @simple@lemm.eeOPEnglish
    1•8 months ago

    Interesting opinion considering most posts are constantly bashing companies on this platform

    Re: “This post is an ad”

    All trailers are ads. Any article promoting a game is an ad. A movie trailer is an ad. The only difference is whether people are interested in the content or not. It’s not some grand conspiracy that many people (me included) look forward to the Steam sale so they can buy games they want and be on the lookout for sales. This is a gaming community so this is very relevant to be posted here. Don’t be overdramatic.

    • @Touching_Grass@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1•8 months ago

      That dynamic changes when its not organic. what I wrote about is not talking about regular users posting things they are interested in. My issue is when companies take over platforms and control discussion and content. This is what happened to reddit and most other social media platforms.

      As far as I can tell, a lot of people here are conceded about avoiding pitfalls that ruined reddit. The biggest pitfall reddit succumbed too was focusing on attracting advertisers and marketeers over reddit. If having a discussion about that is dramatic then so be it. But makes me curious why you are concerned about stifling that conversation

      • @simple@lemm.eeOPEnglish
        1•8 months ago

        If having a discussion about that is dramatic then so be it.

        It’s not a discussion when your point is basically accusing Lemmy of being controlled by marketing PR teams, which is clearly not the case

        But makes me curious why you are concerned about stifling that conversation

        Because people that are posting comments like yours aren’t adding anything, it just sounds like they’re upset people are excited about things they aren’t excited about.

        • Post: Trailer for the next Steam sale, which a lot of people are interested in

        • Comment: So sad that people are being controlled by marketing teams and posting ads for companies. We should not have these posts. You are all being manipulating by big capitalism.