advertisers can say anything, but your content must follow the rules

10 months ago by TotallynotJessica to c/onehundredninetysix

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YgestWefsid 67 points 10 months ago

"ads are based on your activity" they say. I like biology and I am frequently engaging in biology related topics on the internet, yet they keep spamming me with gambling ads, israel army recruitment ads (yes these are a thing!), and occasionally the hot girl mobile games, all ads I literally did not ask for. Everything is thrown at me, most being harmful and completely unrelated to my interests, except biology.

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UltraMagnus0001 19 points 10 months ago

Use adnauseam, sponsorblock on Firefox.

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titanicx 7 points 10 months ago

I only watch YouTube on my TV and rarely on my phone and never on my computer.

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ArcaneSlime 0 points 10 months ago

I honestly don't use sponsorblock personally as a way to "reward" that type of advertisement as the least intrusive. I don't even fast forward if the read is done by the podcasters themselves, sometimes they can actually make it funny in rare cases (like one of my favorite comedians who seems to try and say shit they know the advertisers would hate), it's not targeted, and if there's too many ad breaks that's a strike on the podcast and I'll simply not listen.

This might only make sense because of the type of stuff I'm consuming, but I prefer them to targeted ads and would like to encourage that behavior over the normal horse shit I cannot stand. No ads is always best but I'm realistic and people deserve to be paid for their content most of the time.

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regdog 14 points 10 months ago

Why are you not using adblock?

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DoomProphet 2 points 10 months ago

Because there isn't a biological adblocker yet.

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paris 11 points 10 months ago

Sanity check: are you sure you didn't turn off ad personalization at some point and these are just the standard issue ads that get shown to most people?

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mika_mika 5 points 10 months ago

I know this sounds crazy but I'm pretty sure those that go through the effort of blocking personalized ads are statistically higher to be consumers of anime thirst traps and gambling if ever interacting with them.

My accounts that have tracking enabled I get "normal" ads but if I have any kind of privacy on the device it defaults to enticing the lowest common denominator. Which makes sense from an engagement standpoint.

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YgestWefsid 3 points 10 months ago

Personalized ads are turned on.

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