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Its ads, I use a third party client because it has no ads and no trackers. They won't do that, they want to collect souch data so they can sell it or use it for
by jacooper 3y ago
Its ads, I use a third party client because it has no ads and no trackers.
They won't do that, they want to collect souch data so they can sell it or use it for ad targeting.
- Root_Denied 3y agoA lot of content on reddit these days is advertising that is pretending to be organic content anyway. It's nigh impossible to completely filter out the astroturfing that happens.
- filoleg 3y agoYou can just go for the allow-list approach (only reading the subs and niches you care about) instead of the block-list approach (where you read r/all and try to filter out the astroturfed material and advertising). However, you might be out of luck if your niche/hobby is very mainstream popular and has a large following on reddit as well (e.g., marvel comics or general stuff like world politics). As someone who mostly reads just a few smaller subs, none of the astroturfing gets to me. As soon as I check r/all though, especially comments on popular posts, it instantly reminds me of all that garbage.
- jacooper 3y agoSo much*