I was checking my weather app, and they fed me an ad for something that I didn’t even know what it was, so I went to the website, clicked around a bunch, just so they thought I was interested. All Praise be to VPN! Sometimes reinforcing a mis-impression is the best thing one can do.
Reddit advertising was particularly toxic. Ads were unskippable and often predatory. Beer and gambling ads in addiction subs, Jesus ads in atheism and minority religion subs, etc.
No advertising. No algorithms driving content at me.
It’s one of those things I don’t notice until I make a trip back to Reddit to pick up something I left (moving out takes time).
At least once per visit I end up clicking an ad by accident, because they’re everywhere.
I downvote every one . Even the ones with a puppy dog or cat.
That might be worse than not engaging at all 🤷♂️
I hate the adds…and the bots
They serve no purpose for which I have a need.
It really makes you wonder about the type of people that see an ad and say to themselves " I’m going to look into that ".
I see an advertisement and the first thing that pops in my mind is “ok, I’ll stay away from that for sure, i definitelydont want that in my life”
I was checking my weather app, and they fed me an ad for something that I didn’t even know what it was, so I went to the website, clicked around a bunch, just so they thought I was interested. All Praise be to VPN! Sometimes reinforcing a mis-impression is the best thing one can do.
Reddit advertising was particularly toxic. Ads were unskippable and often predatory. Beer and gambling ads in addiction subs, Jesus ads in atheism and minority religion subs, etc.
Yeah, not missing reddit. Missing some of the peeps, tho.