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[–]Get_oofed 9 insightful - 15 fun9 insightful - 14 fun10 insightful - 15 fun -  (0 children)

Reddit?? Selling out??? Who would've guessed?

[–]fasterth 10 insightful - 5 fun10 insightful - 4 fun11 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

That's how much of a shithole reddit has become

[–]joewest1313 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Next you will tell me you can buy awards for cash AND.. give them to YOURSELF!

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

reddits going down man.

[–]AbeFroman 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Burn baby burn

[–]AntiLowEffortHuman 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

When I found reddit it honestly felt like the best "social" network in existence even though it's not social. You had communities for everything under the sun, funny memes, and most importantly a good comments section model which was wayyy better than facebook and co. Except for some forums maybe. Shit started going downhill quite fast after I found it.

For discussion, I think it is still better than the vast majority, until this website gets more traffic. Then we know who will be king.

[–]LilPickle 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Unfortunately I think it will be an endless cycle. If SaidIt takes off they'll sell out just the same and we will move to HeardIt to rinse and repeat.

[–]guilhermerrrr 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree. It's how things usually happen in every plataform

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Imagine my shock. Of course it's all about money!

[–]danuker 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I have a tremendous question. When wouldn't a website sell out?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If it was run by someone with a passion for preserving its integrity. Reddit is owned by people who didn't invent it. Tencent owns about 10% of it. Ads are fine to keep a site up though things like this are problematic.

[–]realister 2 insightful - 4 fun2 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

Adblock works great against that. Just can’t use their app

[–]godspeaking 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Adblock does not work against that, that's exactly the problem. These ads are presented as organic user created content and allowed to be boosted and manipulated by reddit and moderators.

[–]Sunkissedwasabi 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Frankly it’s been happening for some time now. Not officially through reddit but many game creators use bots to promote their games on subreddits devoted to such. It sucks cock.

[–]guilhermerrrr 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I use Pihole and it does nothing against those ads on my phone... Does anyone know how to block them?

[–]realister 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

On a phone it’s probably impossible on a PC u can do stuff

[–]RickC-137 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

the death cycle repeats.