▲ 432 ▼ PSA: Reddit is Forcing Users to Accept Personalized Ads (www.macrumors.com) submitted 2 years ago by fer0n@lemm.ee to c/technology@beehaw.org 100 comments fedilink hide all child comments TL;DR: Reddit is removing the option to opt out of ad personalization, targeting ads based on user activity. Some specific ad categories can still be limited, but there's no more opt-out option.
[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) If it's the end of the era of social media, I'm plenty ok with that. Shit's been cancer for almost a decade now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 2 years ago* (1 child) And may it usher in the era of antisocial media. The era where we all stop trying to impress each other, monetize each other, and just buy a thing and have it do the thing we bought it for, and not be bothered. Long may it reign. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago Lol that's more like the end of American consumerism, and while I wholeheartedly agree, that'll take a generation or two at least to decouple from American society. That shit's been going strong here for over 100 years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 2 years ago* (1 child) And may it usher in the era of antisocial media. The era where we all stop trying to impress each other, monetize each other, and just buy a thing and have it do the thing we bought it for, and not be bothered. Long may it reign. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago Lol that's more like the end of American consumerism, and while I wholeheartedly agree, that'll take a generation or two at least to decouple from American society. That shit's been going strong here for over 100 years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago Lol that's more like the end of American consumerism, and while I wholeheartedly agree, that'll take a generation or two at least to decouple from American society. That shit's been going strong here for over 100 years. permalink fedilink source parent