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What's up with all the ads here? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So, uhm, what the hell is going on with all these ad posts I’m seeing in this community?

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Haven't seen any ads. Maybe your Lemmy mobile app is inserting ads?

[+] [email protected] -14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If you have heard the term enshittification, then you know exactly what the hell is going on 🤷‍♂️ I don’t like it either, but it’s every social network, every time 🙄🤷‍♂️🙃

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

How could it be enshittification? The Lemmy operators have no profit motive here.

And what actual event are you basing this on in the first place, since we don't know what OP is even talking about ?

First, you're making assumptions about who's doing what that are probably completely wrong.

Second, doesn't sound like you understand what that word actually means. It doesn't mean just "stuff gets worse eventually".

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

What do you mean? When I lurk here, I ignore the sites that Idk. I rely on sites that I know are legit like Verge, Techcrunch, Engadget, Cnbc, Bloomberg, Ars Technica and Electrek. The sites that Idk may be legit too but I don't wanna spend much time researching the legitimacy.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago

It makes me wonder if this place is getting bigger and more relevant, if it's attracting interest from spammers.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Never have seen one so I'm guessing it's not all that common

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Looks like they might be removed (except one). Sorting by new and looking for downvoted posts I just see the one ad and an article about string theory + AI (double whammy).

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And just like that you've seen one. Now contact the prior dude on his trist welevision and let them know.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah more just commenting on the moderation work :)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Guess he'll never know then. What are they supposed to be a detective or something?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I was letting you know. It's all good dude, the world isn't going to end if he doesn't read the full discussion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

“That’s a joke, I say that’s a joke son” - Foghorn Leghorn

(in case it really did whiz on by; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy_(character) https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/encyclopedia-terms/dick-tracy-watch-_dtwatch.fit_lim.size_640x.jpg

[–] [email protected] 41 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It is relatively common in that it happens regularly, but people thankfully downvote it so it rarely lands in peoples' feeds.