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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nifty idea and a noble action, but it still supports advertisements

[–] Vladkar 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What we need is an ad blocker that replaces all ads with turtles

[–] jaybone 50 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Anticorp 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 23 hours ago

This had confused Travolta vibes, but with Muppets.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think Tumblr did a good job with this when they created the "Blaze" thing. For like $15, you can "blaze" a post, which will put that post in an ad slot for like 100 people, and you can pay more to show it to more people. This basically allows Tumblr to run with reduced dependency on actual ads while allowing people to force whatever garbage post they want into a random selection of users' feeds. The real kicker, though, is that you get no say in who your post is shown to - no demographics and Tumblr has no algorithm, so it's entirely random - and you can blaze other people's posts. It's like a chaotic evil version of c/CuratedTumblr or c/MicroblogMemes and very much in the spirit of Tumblr's userbase.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

It's very silly, I enjoy it, as an occasional tourist to Tumblr

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

since Lemmy doesn't have ads, I forced my instance host to save this file instead. Enjoy this cool photo of a ~~salamander~~ newt. Peace.


(actually I might be a newt. I have no idea)

[–] Brunbrun6766 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

what'd you just call me?!?! 😡👊

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

~~salamander~~ newt

it's okay, newts are salamanders

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

paying ad middleman and platform dumb move

Install adblocker, preferably ublock origin because it’s the gold standard.

(Preaching to the choir)

[–] DragonsInARoom -2 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I bought an ad on a podcast to tell people I had nothing to sell and how much I hate ads. They were running a discount. I wouldn’t have paid full price, but it amused me to do it at the discounted rate.

[–] Trail 7 points 1 day ago

How much was it?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

This episode is sponsored by some_guy, some_guy doesn't have anything to sell they just want you all to know how much ads suck. And sponsored by Lockheed Martin, fuck the poor, especially if they're brown, Lockheed Martin.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago

Brave paid for ads on yt to download Brave, in order to block yt ads.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's a trick. That turtle is for sale.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's just a link to the turtle's OnlyFins.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

We really need to find better work for these teenage mutant prostitute turtles

[–] negativenull 10 points 1 day ago