“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”
Quite a few instances have a “no advertising” rule, so theoretically if a user joins and their entire post and comment history is plugging products from a biased perspective (outside of a communities dedicated to said products) they’d probably end up with an admin warning or ban