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AMAs are the latest casualty in Reddit’s API war (arstechnica.com)
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[–] telllos@lemmy.world 70 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Hey this is X celebrity, btw check my latest project, coming out tomorrow. Amas quickly became an easy promotional platform.

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Not if it's my latest project, "Barbie", only in theaters July 21st.

[–] Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

Lmao thanks Margot

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Who's managing this account?

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Academy Award nominated actress Margot Robbie can manage her own Lemonworld account!

(Don't tell my publicist please)

[–] magnetosphere@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Lemonworld 😂

I love it!

[–] cousinofjah@twit.social 1 points 2 years ago

@MargotRobbie @Aux lol what is going on? Where's the blue check?

[–] books@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's one of the reasons I stopped going to them. Once I realized that if I saw an AMA for a specific person, it must have meant that they were just there shilling some new project.

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean it's literally no different from guests on talk shows or podcasts. They are almost never there just for fun.

And I get it. Why would you put yourself through that unless you're promoting something?

[–] books@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There use to be some AMAs of bored pseudo celebs and they would just show up to take some fan questions and then bounce back to the woodwork... thats the type of shit I like.

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Calling promotion shilling is a bit silly though.

[–] books@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Is it?

I think Promotion = Shilling... just a bit more derogatory term.

Most of the time, subs don't let people pimp their personal shit for monetary gain, no clue why it's more socially acceptable if it's Jennifer Lawrence over some dude who makes cool pottery.

[–] MrSlicer@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's give and take. As long as they also answer the questions it's pretty effective. Why else would a celebrity or politician so an ama?

[–] cjsolx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Idk for fun? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯