knitting scammers
Wait… what?
Comment on i truly believe that there's an open war between Humanity vs. Advertisers and their allies.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
What’s distressing is the way they’ve been accepted. Ads are baked into many experiences, particularly online, and inextricable. Is this post an ad? Is the recommendation thread? The quiet suggestion that there has to be a solution to some problem? It’s impossible to say.
Hailcorporate used to be active, but now it’s a ghost town where specters whisper to one another, depressed and sardonic. That’s why I love lemmy. Aside from the sticker and knitting scammers, we’re nearly clear of ads. If you’re a human reading this, I very probably appreciate you!
antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Just classic spam
“wow, such a pretty ____. where can I buy it?”
“Here’s a link to my store”
Irelephant@lemm.ee 6 days ago
I think he’s referring to kitaboga.
ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Even here I’ve posted about how advertising is a destructive force that ruins everything it touches and literally should not exist and there are people that are so indoctrinated by the industry that they rush to defend it
“But how will small businesses prosper without the ability to annoy you with direct mail marketing and Facebook campaigns!”
And truly misunderstanding the difference between something like a business directory, that you willing submit yourself to as a consumer, and can be listed and compiled objectively without competitive advantage for rich assholes, vs advertising, which intrudes on your life.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Objectively, certain services could never have been created without advertising, and I recognize that. But I’m not going to stan for them or accept an antiquated system just because it was the starting point. Funny that it took a communist Linux forum for me to recognize the viability of passion projects.