I think as a child I got viruses from one of the ads, you know, the ones would put on the side of the site. We had to call in a guy, to clean parents’ computer. I felt really guilty and never touched those ads again.

So Google’s and Meta’s main business are ads. And recently I felt confused. Do people click on ads? Don’t these ads feel phishy to them?

  • @TORFdot0
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    410 months ago

    Probably one of the “throw the shoe at GWB” or “snipe OBL” sidebar ads in the early 00’s