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What was the last time you clicked on an ad? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I think as a child I got viruses from one of the ads, you know, the ones would put on the side of the site. We had to call in a guy, to clean parents' computer. I felt really guilty and never touched those ads again.

So Google's and Meta's main business are ads. And recently I felt confused. Do people click on ads? Don't these ads feel phishy to them?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Quite often:

To support the site the ad is placed on
To cost money to the ad's sponsor if I don't like them

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Willingly, maybe 4 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I sometimes click on Instagram-Ads because some of them are so unhinged that I have to find out what they are about?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Recently had one for a world of Warcraft private server which seemed cool

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I’ve clicked on ads (primarily Instagram actually) because it is an ad that is for a product or service I was actually looking for but didn’t have the time/knowledge to actually go searching for it

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

I don't remember ever clicking an ad. I probably have, but I don't remember ever doing it.

I pay for as much content as I can, to avoid that vomit.

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