• AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          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”

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            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.

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      3 days ago

      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.

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        2 days ago

        I downvote every one . Even the ones with a puppy dog or cat.

        That might be worse than not engaging at all 🤷‍♂️

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      3 days ago

      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.