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• MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  And if that happens, you can bet your ass there will one day be instance-wide ad-block that auto-block users/instances known for posting ads.

  If that becomes a thing, there will be instances that explicitly filter it out.

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  • NotSteve_@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The problem is its hard to tell what’s an ad and what’s not. Sometimes people ARE just enthusiastic about a product they found and want to share it.

    It’s easier when it’s a large company like Burger King or something; like most people won’t just suddenly start raving about this great new burger place they found called Burger King. It’s different for more obscure companies. It could be actual Lemmy users who are just passionate or it could be company employees trying to sneak advertisements into site discussions.

    I don’t think there’s any AI or other tools that could distinguish the two.

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    • Smokeydope@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I am one of these people, am a dope smoker and recently got into related Lemmy communities. There’s a lot of equipment that you dont hear about until through word of mouth so when I find something I LOVE through word of mouth like the arizer air max or brilliant cut grinder I do my part to scream their praises from the heavens so other smokers have a chance to hear about them.

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      • sweetviolentblush@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Oh nice, what communities would you recommend? I’m already in !trees@sh.itjust.works, !microgrowery@lemmy.ml, !cannabiscultivation@slrpnk.net, !high_videos@sh.itjust.works, !stoner_rock@sh.itjust.works

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• towerful@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Double edge sword. “This guy is shilling” reports go rampant .

  Hopefully, the Reddit bot trackers peeps will move to lemmy, and lend us their wisdom.
  I learnt so many ways realise a poster or commenter was a bit from those peeps. Amazing MVPs!
  And folks like kitboga taught me that spammers/scammers generally stick to a script.

  It’s gonna be an arms race! Hopefully we win!

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• pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yo I also worry about advertisers attempting to target me with localised advertisements, which is why I use Borg VPN! Nice try, advertisers, but those “hot milfs” are nowhere near near me, ha!

  /parody

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