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How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit

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Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit

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Post by erikpukinskis »

Abhishek41783 wrote: post #11

Reminds me of this article where Brian Swichkow pranks his roommate with targeted ads that are hilarious http://ghostinfluence.com/the-ultimate-retaliation-pranking-...

Seems unfair to deny the prank when the roommate straight accused him.

Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit

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Post by atomical »

ryanx435 wrote: post #38
atomical wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can't you buy upvotes? Bunch of accounts running with a script through Tor?

Not sure why you are being downvoted. Yes, you can buy upvotes on Reddit. It's about 5 bucks for a couple hundred, often more than enough to get to the front page of mid sized subreddit.

I meant on Hacker News.

Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit

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Post by atomical »

llao wrote: post #80
mistercow wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But egregiously violating the TOS and general spirit of reddit seems like not the best way to get a job there.

"Growth hacking". Perfectly fits the VC-funded startup spirit.

Noted. I'm sure they do it on Hacker News as well.

Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit

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Post by rococode »

Abhishek41783 wrote: post #11

Reminds me of this article where Brian Swichkow pranks his roommate with targeted ads that are hilarious http://ghostinfluence.com/the-ultimate-retaliation-pranking-...

Also reminds me of this article by Jack Smith (Vungle co-founder) where he used LinkedIn to do something similar: https://thehustle.co/the-linkedin-hack-that-made-me-120000

Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit

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Post by Kiro »

fwn wrote: post #83
Kiro wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We are many people that don't use adblock because we don't want to, not because we don't know how to.

That is true, I did not want to deny that. However I think that it is not very speculative to say that, if more people knew about content blocking, more people would block unwanted content. My intention behind assuming his knowledge/competence was only meant to exclude nescience from the list of potential reasons for him to not block content.

Ok, fair enough! I misread your comment.

Personally I'm thinking that since he's the CEO of a company which monetizes on ads it could be that he wants to follow ad trends, see what's going on in the ad space, what other people are advertising etc.

Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit

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Post by softawre »

mrep wrote: post #20
rotred wrote: post #9

I'm surprised this worked. I would have assumed he had adblock of some sort.

Mobile apps and some mobile browsers don't support ad block. While I have ublock on my laptop, i still get ads when I am on my phone which ironically is where these companies get most of their revenue these days.

Blockada can block ads in other mobile apps on a non-rooted Android phone.

Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit

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Post by jmcguckin »

downandout wrote: post #60
rrggrr wrote: post #8

This doesn't work anymore. All the ad platforms now require thousand(s) of users in a targeted audience.

Minimum custom audience size on Facebook is currently set at 20. You can target them by email if you have it.

Would someone elaborate how one would target an ad to an audience of 100 email addresses?

Thanks,

j

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