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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I opted out by deleting every trace of my account and never returning. it was easy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

That shit is beyond broken. I‘m glad I left.

[–] jayandp 8 points 1 year ago

Reddit Revanced says no!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I guess anyone who is still there don't care. :)

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

I care but also don't use the reddit mobile app, am only using old reddit, and have been using an adblocker for as long as I've used reddit so...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Same. My reddit consumption and engagement has dropped drastically when they fucked over their power users. I believe that has hurt them immeasurably but at the same time they're massive.

Anecdotally I was on a thread yesterday reading the comments and my god it's not disgusting but it's a weird uncanny valley. Methinks they have internally masked the impact by building out bots using LLMs.

I got 4 posts to a reply on my cake day. That to me is abnormal behaviour.

I saw a comment get a reply linking the exact same YouTube link not as a quote but in the reply with very generated language. That was then followed with very much "this is a reply my fellow good human" type replies.

I honestly think they're fucked. I think they're just hiding they're fucked.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

It feels like we’re hitting a point similar to politics in America. 30% will hold on no matter what, and the company is going to take them for all their worth because they know they’re die hard loyalists and aren’t leaving.

[–] burgundymyr 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the message they are sending to users:

Hey u/username,

We will soon begin rolling out changes to Reddit's User settings. It is getting a refresh that includes changes to ad personalization, privacy preferences, and location settings.

As part of these changes, we are retiring a setting that you have previously turned on that limited how we used your activity from the Reddit platform to personalize ads. We have replaced the setting with a new option to select categories of ads that you may not wish to see.

More details are available in our announcement and help center.

These changes are rolling out starting today and you may see the changes over the next few days.

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

What if you select every category because ads are a stupid timewaste?

Regardless how many times they are telling me that Diablo 4 is "the fastest-selling ARPG ever" and flaunt the phoney 10/10 "review scores", it's not gonna change my opinion that the game is dog poop and thoroughly unimpressive. So why inconvenience me by making me load that shitty picture, it won't make me buy that shit.

I honestly don't get the point of ads.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Unless it's direct-response targeted, the point of adds isn't to make you buy shit instantly, it's to plant a seed and make you aware of a product so that one day you do spend money in it.

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

I love my adblocker and tracking blocking.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

reasons to stop using that shitty website 📈

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Just use Revanced app to remove adds from Reddit

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

Well it doesn't opt you out from the tracking across the whole site

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