• PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 months ago

    Me and a lot of other people don’t respond positively to advertising. Actually, if I see an advertisement to buy something, or someone was bought to sponsor a company, I’m a lot less likely to buy the product.

    Self-promo and just promoting stuff you personally like is different IMO. In that case, I am very much interested in what ordinary people want me to see. Hence why I’m subscribed to communities like !buyitforlife@slrpnk.net because these are humans with real opinions who aren’t just trying to make money off me.

    But also…I block Internet ads, and IMO for your security everyone should be blocking Internet ads, so I’m not sure how taking out Internet ads in particular for Lemmy would be helpful.

    • Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldOP
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      3 months ago

      I have not seen an ad in many years because i use ghostery. I am not talking of ads for lemmy more word of mouth. And through that way I think lemmy would get big.