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Comment on Reddit is profitable for the first time ever, with nearly 100 million daily users

kibiz0r@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

A couple months ago, I logged into an old Reddit account. It only took a few minutes of scrolling before it happened.

I had to scroll back up and try again, and record my screen so I could doublecheck my count later.

35 ads or “recommended” posts (i.e. not from anything I subscribed to) in a row.

I’m curious what that means for the overall percentage of the average user’s feed.

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DdCno1@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I know this might sound a little condescending, but why are you torturing yourself by not using an adblocker?

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- kibiz0r@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I was using the mobile app.
  
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  - DdCno1@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    That app is a special kind of inhuman torture.
    
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  - fushuan@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Android Firefox has access to adblockers though??
    
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IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Yikes.

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inverted_deflector@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I still browse reddit, honestly more than I do lemmy, but its mostly reddit old with adblock. Even on browser even though that is painful to navigate.

With properly curated subs its not so bad, but there definitely is still something missing. Also holy cow the current algorithm on reddit is trash. It used to be that the front page changed and shifted but sometimes I see the same crap on my front page for 2 days. It’s insane!

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