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More like, supporting our struggling ad revenue.

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Their ads inventory has fallen to zero. The only ads on there are Cheech and Chong. 24x7

I haven't seen a Cheech and Chong ad.

Same, it's almost like ads are personalized and being bombarded by similar ads says more about the consumer than the supplier..

A new low for the...quasi-legal...ad inventory the last 6 months:

18 year old "breeder" who has "already pumped out 20 kids", and is getting "LICK LICK"

https://twitter.com/jpohhhh/status/1697008262028116178?s=20

EDIT: thread is getting derailed by whether or not people have seen specifically Cheech and Chong. Recentering: ads are widely weed edibles, AliExpress dropshippers, and sexual apps/content.

> EDIT: thread is getting derailed by whether or not people have seen specifically Cheech and Chong.

As far as I'm concerned, this is a worthwhile line of inquiry.

Pleased to say that since I switched to using the website in a browser with adblock and stopped using the app, I've not seen _any_ ads.

I was sort of hoping the extra inconvenience would wean me off it, but it hasn't yet. What is noticeable is how much non-political content is just gradually getting quieter and drifting off the platform.

I sometimes wonder where Google would have been if those "buy cheap Rx meds from Canada" internet ads of the early 2000s were stamped out earlier. Those ads ran for years, and health, law and insurance ads are the most expensive ones to place from a cost per click standpoint.

That makes political propaganda a willing source of ad revenue in an otherwise vile environment.

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