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   Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 00:34:26 JST Rich Felker

   in reply to

   • pixelfed
   • Cameron
   • El Duvelle
   • Mikaleb

   @bitflipped @elduvelle @acs @Mikaleb @pixelfed Ads are not fine.

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     Cameron (bitflipped@mastodon.world)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 00:34:27 JST Cameron

     in reply to

     • pixelfed
     • El Duvelle
     • Mikaleb

     @elduvelle @acs @Mikaleb @pixelfed ads are fine in themselves. Independently run parts of the internet existed for a long time on ads that were responsibly run i.e. just basic text or images aimed at the community, which didn't require or collect any data.

     Hell, I remember we used to be happy when our favourite independent sites got sponsorships, and popular content creators still do it with product endorsements.

     So I wouldn't object to that form of advertising again.

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     El Duvelle (elduvelle@neuromatch.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 00:34:29 JST El Duvelle

     • pixelfed
     • Mikaleb

     @acs Maybe, but again, nobody here wants ads. The clearest advantage of this place over all the for-profit ones is that it has no ads and I hope it stays like that for ever.

     Also, it's not that we need ads, there are have other ways to support our instances, like donations, contributing some time, funding by grants or other no-strings-attached sources.

     The attention-sucking, consumerist, privacy-invading ad system that people are getting so used to is not the only way to go!

     @Mikaleb
     @pixelfed