• @alleycat
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      265 months ago

      Because it’s an ad.

      • @[email protected]
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        -75 months ago

        Interesting, that seems to be the reason for most. Under which circumstances if any would you upvote a perceived advertisement?

        Would you upvote a well written advertisement that you think makes the company’s intention very clear to the reader? Would you do so if the intention not only sounded realistic, but also like they want to achieve something net-positive?

        Or is it really just being an advertisement that makes you downvote?

        • @Womble
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          115 months ago

          Would you upvote a well written advertisement that you think makes the company’s intention very clear to the reader?

          No, advertising is a cancer that is destroying the web.

        • @alleycat
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          75 months ago

          I just want it to be disclosed that this is a form of advertisement before I click on the link:

          The post should be clearly marked as advertisement in the title, e.g.

          [advertisement] Title

          And the post should contain a summary or at least an abstract, not just a link.

    • @[email protected]
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      65 months ago

      I don’t get it either! It’s a good article and I 100% agree with the author. Maybe it’s because it’s talking about a service and the whole article can be considered as advertisement, but I don’t agree.

      • @[email protected]
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        -15 months ago

        Yeah, I don’t agree with the conclusion (like at all), but I still found the first 3/4 of the article very nicely put and definitely worth reading.