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[-] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 106 points 9 months ago

... so they can learn what ads you're willing to tolerate.

[-] nectar45@lemmy.zip 29 points 9 months ago

I am unironically starting to like twitter more than reddit

Abd I fucking hate twitter

[-] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 9 months ago

So you're starting to hate reddit more than X. Understandable. I think the social media companies are lost, they had their time.

[-] stormyyy@feddit.nl 19 points 9 months ago
[-] Awkwardly_Frank@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

Xitter* (pronounced shitter)

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[-] gimmemahlulz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 85 points 9 months ago

The best reddit control to block ads is too not use Reddit lol. The second best is ublock origin. I've been using method two since like 2013 and have zero issues or regrets.

[-] char_stats@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago
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[-] Dil@is.hardlywork.ing 3 points 9 months ago

I use rdx for the few subs I like following updates on

[-] cupcakezealot 37 points 9 months ago

my ublock lets me block all the advertisers for more than a year on reddit

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago

considering what reddit has become, im glad i had adblock as well.

[-] scotmartin@feddit.org 30 points 9 months ago

Too little, too late. I'm on Lemmy now :)

[-] myedition8@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago

What a stupid idea. I want to block advertisers forever, not just for a year lol. And I can actually do that by installing an ad blocker.

[-] K1nsey6@lemmy.world 27 points 9 months ago

I don't think I've ever seen an ad on Reddit Thank baby jebus for ad blockers.

[-] Fredthefishlord 6 points 9 months ago

I doubt that's true. Plenty of posts are ads, without being marked as such. They just do it without paying reddit

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

they do have it, just not excessive like most sites.

[-] K1nsey6@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

I meant I never see ads because I use an ad blocker.

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[-] libra00@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago

Yeah, but old browser extension has let me block all advertisers (and all of them are equally my most-hated) forever, so reddit is cordially invited to get fucked. And they can construe that as 'encouraging violence' all they like.

[-] ksigley@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

Straight Luigi'd.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 25 points 9 months ago

Finally give the second most hated advertisers a chance for once!

The nerds lost the internet. It's a fucking Kmart now.

[-] ragingdachshund@lemm.ee 24 points 9 months ago

I love that my first post is to say that I don’t give a solitary airborne fuck about Reddit and their ads because I’m here instead. I hope they enjoy the enshittification all the way down their throats.

[-] Daelsky@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 months ago

Welcome to a non-centralized and controlled website!

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I don’t see any Reddit ads and won’t ever because its dead to me

[-] kane@femboys.biz 19 points 9 months ago

Ever since advertising became extremely intrusive, it’s been game over for them. I’d rather put effort into hiding the ads (Adblocker), switching browser if necessary (Chrome v3 bs) and switching platforms (Lemmy) then seeing them again.

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Ads have become bad enough I have decided to be actively malicious towards them with AdNauseam, which clicks them all in the background for me. Advertisers pay as if someone clicked on the advert. Every. Single. Advert.

The only one that loses out is the advertiser. If anything the website profits from it.

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[-] Lexam@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

Lemmy let's me not think about advertisers.

[-] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

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[-] radau@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 9 months ago

This would have only had a chance of working prior to adblockers becoming so rampant. They're over a decade too late and now advertisers are just viewed as "the enemy"

[-] elephantium@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

I think lack of goodwill plays into this, too. A lot of smaller sites can get away with stuff like "OK guys, the servers aren't free, so we need to run ads." and then have people super thrilled with them if there's an option to limit or disable ads for donors.

On reddit, I think the attitude would basically be "get fucked, spez!"

[-] ech@lemm.ee 14 points 9 months ago

"All of them? All of them. All of them is good."

[-] Charger8232@lemmy.ml 13 points 9 months ago

Not so new browser controls let you block all advertisers forever

[-] User79185@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 9 months ago
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[-] huquad@lemmy.ml 11 points 9 months ago

I haven't seen reddit ads in at least two years

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Nobody cares.

[-] r00ty@kbin.life 9 points 9 months ago

I used my own content controls to block reddit for a year. Well, a bit longer so far.

[-] girlthing 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

steal your food, then toss you table scraps

[-] Nightwish76@feddit.uk 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Does Reddit have ads?

I use NextDNS and the (revanced) official Android app, so I haven't seen an ad on my phone in years.

[-] lemmie689@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 9 months ago

RedReader app works, theres no ads. Im just a passive user of Reddit nowdays, mainly seeing whats up in local city subs as far as news and events. Theres not very much of that on Lemmy yet. If I were to comment in the Lemmy community thats local to my hometown it would probably be like "Hey, are you so an so from the east end?" 😄

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

our local city subs ahve been taken over by astroturfing goodie two shoes conservatives and tankies.

[-] fuck_you_spez@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Idc about ads as much as their duplicitous censoring, shadow banning and shadow deleting posts. You need to recheck your posts in a private tab periodically to see which ones have been censored to the outside world, as they try to dupe the users to believe its still up on their end. Scumbags. Its not a new thing either, but considering how heavy handed they've been, I suspect spez will be all too happy to devolve the platform further under this new 'climate' we're all in. Never trust Reddit. I have faith in Lemmy to succeed it. Decentralized platforms are the only way forward for unimpeded free speech.

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