News » Reddit Uses Loophole to Run Marijuana Legalization Ads





News-link site Reddit.com (which this site uses extensively) received an edict from their owner, Conde Nast, telling them they cannot run paid ads for the “Just Say Now” marijuana legalization campaign in California. So Reddit did the obvious: they’ve started running the ads for free.

“My momma’s talkin to me try to tell me how to live. But I don’t listen to her ’cause my head is like a sieve.”

This also flies in the face of Facebook, who refused to run the ads, despite their political (rather than “recreational”) nature.

Reddit has said little about the decision, though the second-most popular bookmarking and sharing site will likely reap a lot of rewards for this bit of free-speech social action, beating out both social media giant Facebook and rival Digg, who’s also refused to run the marijuana legalization ads. It’s a win-win marketing ploy for both Prop 19 supporters and Reddit.

[source The 420 Times]

Tags: legalization, reddit