Blaze@dormi.zone to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoReddit introduces a new ad format that looks similar to posts made by users | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down16cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareStovetop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·11 months ago More importantly, I predict that the move will increase the usage of ad blockers within the site. Sadly a lot of Reddit’s traffic comes from mobile, which now only allows the official app that Reddit can fill with however many ad posts they want.
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoThat’s a fair point, but: if you drop the distinctiveness between ad and content too low, phoneposters go elsewhere. Because not even phoneposters want that noise. So it’s still a bad idea.
Sadly a lot of Reddit’s traffic comes from mobile, which now only allows the official app that Reddit can fill with however many ad posts they want.
That’s a fair point, but: if you drop the distinctiveness between ad and content too low, phoneposters go elsewhere. Because not even phoneposters want that noise. So it’s still a bad idea.
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