Using Boost for Lemmy, I got an obvious political ad from the right asking to sign a petition to scrap the gun “ban” in Canada (it’s a registry not a ban).

Now I understand this is an ad but I don’t appreciate having propaganda from the right injected into my browsing on lemmy. Have better ads, or let us report them.

  • @rdyoung
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    4211 months ago

    OP is using an app to browse the fediverse. Apps are not free to develop and the devs need to eat. I use sync and I’m paying for ultra so I can both support the dev and not have to see ads even though I do block ads system wide

    • @Bondrewd
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      -4411 months ago

      So if it is my livelihood, I should be able to manipulate people?

      I was feeling inhibited to do so but it makes more sense coming from that perspective.

      • @[email protected]
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        2711 months ago

        So if it is my livelihood, I should be able to manipulate people?

        Where above has this been mentioned?

        • @Bondrewd
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          -1811 months ago

          In the serving ads as a form of getting to be paid part?

          • @[email protected]
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            1211 months ago

            Ok. If that’s so, from the same sentence I can conclude that OP stated that working is a form of manipulation and nobody should work, ever. But, NO. No need to put words into one’s mouth unless it’s specifically written as such.

            • @Bondrewd
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              11 months ago

              What? I have been talking about ads all along. If you reacted to me, you reacted to me asking about ads.