Chapter 170: Episode 170: Advertising Revenue is Important, Netizens are Also Important
Similar incidents where netizens protested about excessive advertising had happened to 51buy once before.
After that, netizens’ tolerance for ads did indeed increase somewhat, and there were also those activities where they could earn points by clicking on ads, so netizens stopped complaining.
However, this time the full-screen waterfall ads were different; they were mandatory, and every day, the content was exactly the same, which is why netizens quickly stopped buying into it.
The number of abusive posts in the water cooler area increased, and even netizens from competitor companies deliberately came over to disturb the normal order of the forum.
"kk, raise the daily login points reward to 1000 points! Then, for clicking on this waterfall ad, award 50 points each time, up to a total of 5 times... and give a 20% discount on products redeemed with points!" In response to this situation, Zhou Xueyin promptly had Kang Siyin make adjustments.
Even with these measures in place, they still failed to quell the netizens’ anger.
[You’ve sold out to a big corporation, and the prizes are so stingy. Can’t you exchange for the latest model of a phone at least? Oh! Sorry, do you only have an iPhone that’s visible but unattainable? I wish you that nobody will ever get this phone!]
[Exactly, the products for points redemption are those that should have been outdated eons ago! Do you really have the nerve to put them up there? Who are you embarrassing?]
[Not to mention, the pictures and the actual products don’t match at all! Last time I redeemed a product from a major cosmetics brand, and what arrived? Just a sample size! A sample, for crying out loud! And here I spent all that effort earning points!]
[Digging your brain out every day earns you just 1000 points, and redeeming an iPhone requires 300,000 points? The points reset to zero every year? Last year I was just 100 points shy from getting one! Whoever bothers with these points anymore is a fool!]
[To the person above, speak from your heart—if you come to the forum every day to earn points, you wouldn’t worry about getting an iPhone! I got one! Here’s the proof, here’s the truth!]