cm0002@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoin what way do you prefer using Lemmy over Reddit?message-squaremessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squarein what way do you prefer using Lemmy over Reddit?cm0002@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square60fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 months agoNo advertising. No algorithms driving content at me.
minus-squareunderline960@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoIt’s one of those things I don’t notice until I make a trip back to Reddit to pick up something I left (moving out takes time). At least once per visit I end up clicking an ad by accident, because they’re everywhere.
minus-squareAoxoMoxoA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI downvote every one . Even the ones with a puppy dog or cat. That might be worse than not engaging at all 🤷♂️
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThey serve no purpose for which I have a need.
minus-squareAoxoMoxoA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIt really makes you wonder about the type of people that see an ad and say to themselves " I’m going to look into that ". I see an advertisement and the first thing that pops in my mind is “ok, I’ll stay away from that for sure, i definitelydont want that in my life”
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoReddit advertising was particularly toxic. Ads were unskippable and often predatory. Beer and gambling ads in addiction subs, Jesus ads in atheism and minority religion subs, etc.
No advertising. No algorithms driving content at me.
It’s one of those things I don’t notice until I make a trip back to Reddit to pick up something I left (moving out takes time).
At least once per visit I end up clicking an ad by accident, because they’re everywhere.
I downvote every one . Even the ones with a puppy dog or cat.
That might be worse than not engaging at all 🤷♂️
I hate the adds…and the bots
They serve no purpose for which I have a need.
It really makes you wonder about the type of people that see an ad and say to themselves " I’m going to look into that ".
I see an advertisement and the first thing that pops in my mind is “ok, I’ll stay away from that for sure, i definitelydont want that in my life”
Reddit advertising was particularly toxic. Ads were unskippable and often predatory. Beer and gambling ads in addiction subs, Jesus ads in atheism and minority religion subs, etc.