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Maybe we should boycott any advertisers on any surveillance capitalist platform. I'm only half kidding...I think. I do recall having a bit of fun when I used
by nmeagent 4y ago
Maybe we should boycott any advertisers on any surveillance capitalist platform. I'm only half kidding...I think.
I do recall having a bit of fun when I used to have a Twitter account (maybe a year ago) by consistently clicking 'not interested' (or whatever the label was in the UI) for every ad in my feed. After a few weeks, the system began to show me some fairly unusual and occasionally bizarre ads.
Edit: Actually, come to think of it, I wasn't just clicking 'not interested' but instead blocking the advertisers' accounts entirely. I remember thinking that it was kind of hilarious that doing so was even possible.
- tbrownaw 4y ago> Maybe we should boycott any advertisers on any surveillance capitalist platform. I'm only half kidding...I think. uBlock Origin: make the web usable again. A boycott implies intent that really isn't needed. Don't block specific ones because of political differences, block them all because they're overall seriously annoying.
- _hcuq 4y agoAt one stage I used to click on ads that annoyed me (which is almost all). Make ‘em pay…