Someone posted this over on Reddit right when it happened and I apparently saved it. I’m cleaning out my bookmarks and came across it. I hought you’d like to see why it’s good news that we found Lemmy.
Edit: I took a screenshot in case it gets deleted.
Can you TLDR it cause i don’t want to change my DNS rules to allow reddit for this.
TLDR; remember how you liked putting site:reddit.com at the end of searches for specific product recommendations because it seemed like the last place left on the internet where you can get recommendations which weren’t blatant ads? Well fuck you, we gonna use the question context when choosing ads.
Example: Looking for headphone recs and go to a reddit post? You’re gonna see a headphone ad.
Oh, I assume the majority of us here use ad blockers. This seems like something that won’t effect us
And, if a non adblock user sees these ads, that’s on them. Ad blockers have never been easier to get running
Nah, i never did that, when i want to know a product i buy it and if its shit i send it back.
But sound idiotic.
TL;DR enshittification. Lots of targeted ads and corporate newspeak.
Thx.
Fuck reddit.
So I am not the only one? :)
Context needed please. Reddit is blocking themselves?
Nope. I’ve seen myself visiting Reddit through Google search a bit too much, so I blocked it in DNS settings just like the other guy.
I threw up a little reading this. Gross.
So fucking brazenly perverse.
The window of success for trusting reddit for product recommendations was just destroyed. What fucking idiots. They can’t seek out clients instead of posting to the world that they try to manipulate their users?
They are trying to point to subs dedicated to making smart purchases as an opportunity to advertise for whoever pays? Good fucking luck. They are going to crash their whole model into the ground and they don’t care. This is an IPO play to get rich and RUIN the site.
The priority of advertisers experience, over user experience, should say it all
I mean that was possible before but on a whole new level. It’s actually in Reddits interest to get rid of more sceptical mods who stick tightly to rules, because they’d delete an obvious ads thread.
So the one remaining way to search the internet that would give me the results I needed is disappearing? Time to head back to the library I guess
I bought a technical book for the first time in 10 years because searching sucked soooo bad. Articles start with monotonous life stores, videos that waste time (but don’t forget to click like and subscribe!), or just straight up product ads and SEO spam.
Analogue to the rescue.
I love it! Having my decision to leave reddit justified again, and so quickly, gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside.
I’m pretty sure this ties in with the stuff they were promoting at the Cannes Lions conference back when everything kicked off.
That deserves its own thread, they’re betrayal of their users as mere content in an eye catching booth.
