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Well, look at that. Ads disguised as posts.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Haven't they had ads disguised as posts for years now?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I dunno, uBlock never showed any.

fuck spez, fuck Reddit

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I remember them showing up in the mobile apps, before I discovered third party apps.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

Sort of. At least on old reddit, sponsored posts were in a light blue box. Now it sounds like they have a little gray "sponsored" somewhere on it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

yep, my thought too. it was one of the big red flags for me awhile back

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Steve doesn't care as long as he can extract money before the repercussions hit. That's why he didn't care about alienating so many people that volunteered their time and energy, he's counting on their being enough momentum to get through the IPO so he can ~~steal~~ take the money he thinks he's entitled to.. he doesn't give a single shit what happens after because he won't be there and will just blame everyone else.

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

They're clearly marked as such kind of like promoted tweets.