This was from around 3 weeks ago. I pretty religiously (pun intended) blocked and reported ads from the “hegetsus” fundie christian bs group for probably 6-8 months. Naively I thought it actually started making a difference.

Then I just get served an ad from them with a little note that this was “Posted from a blocked account”.

“Blocked”… you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means…

    • eramsethOPEnglish
      10·
      2 years ago

      Yeah I actually tried to play by the rules and just reported it as spam every time and also blocked the account.

  • DreamySweet@vlemmy.netEnglish
    11·
    2 years ago

    It’s not just ads. They used to hide posts made by blocked users but they stopped doing that a while ago. Blocking doesn’t do anything anymore. There is also a limit to how many accounts you can block, which is easy to reach just by blocking bots.

    • Dark_BladeEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Another reason why I enjoyed Apollo. Block someone and you never have to see their stupid face again.

    • eramsethOPEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Wow didn’t know all that. I guess disregard for user preferences runs deep in the reddit corporate cultural dna.

  • Cat without eyebrows English
    1·
    2 years ago

    Omg everytime I blocked it, it just showed up even harder. I don’t even know why they wanted to spend that money, I’m an atheist