Why would someone slip "reddit" in a craigslist ad?

February 23, 2011 4:18 PM

[Craigslist filter] Asking for a friend: Why would someone slip "reddit" at the bottom of a Craigslist room for rent ad posted in San Francisco, CA? SEO? Magic keyword?
posted by aGee to Computers & Internet (9 answers total)

My guess would be because they're an active redditor and probably want to throw that out there to attract other active redditors as 'we have stuff in common' thing.
posted by Lutoslawski at 4:22 PM on February 23, 2011 [1 favorite]

See Reddit.
posted by carmicha at 4:30 PM on February 23, 2011 [1 favorite]

Cut and paste error?
posted by Artw at 4:35 PM on February 23, 2011

Maybe he/she mentioned that they have a room for rent on Reddit, and then said "Go over the SF Craigslist and do a search for 'reddit' and you will find out all about this amazing room overlooking lush clouds of pot smoke and The Rock."
posted by tumid dahlia at 4:44 PM on February 23, 2011 [6 favorites]

Best answer: Are you talking about this one? I think the cough shows that it's just a hint that says "Hey, I'm an all right guy - I'm from the Internet."
posted by Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug at 5:02 PM on February 23, 2011

Clearly they are ignorant of the properly mysterious code-words to identify oneself as a Redditer.
posted by jmnugent at 5:40 PM on February 23, 2011 [1 favorite]

If it's the one with the *cough* tags, I'm guessing it means he's 420 friendly; a rastaman; a hophead, he's whacked out on goofballs. He smokes marijuana, I'm saying.
posted by chairface at 7:40 AM on February 24, 2011

Best answer: He's a semi-introverted nerd that smokes weed. He's looking for someone to mostly not bother him, but understand funny memes and not care about weed smoking on premises.
posted by WeekendJen at 10:24 AM on February 24, 2011 [1 favorite]

Specifically on Reddit, look for r/trees.
posted by tommasz at 10:52 AM on February 24, 2011