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  • Some significant portion of funds go towards development of the Lemmy software. 80%? Rest goes to lemmy instance hosting.
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I personally would gladly turn off my adblocker if I knew the ads were supporting development. Hell, I might even click a few!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Without tracking/privacy invasion, related to the board/community, non animated, not excessive

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think for a shitpost instance a custom ad network banner ads with memes and shitposts would be make sense. What I mean by that is that on geocities as well as some small internet sites there’s “custom ad networks” where they basically rely on donations and or just random people submitting “ads” that normally tend to be just links to their site, weird obscure memes, animal pictures, etc.

I think real ads for the sake of advertising on lemmy wouldn’t really be acceptable in any form, but shitposting ads have potential imo

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm not okay with ads anywhere at all under any conditions.

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

I don't mind ads as long as they're not following me around. Show me ads based on the community that I'm browsing or something if you want better targeting

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (23 children)

If a website needs ads to thrive, it needs ads to thrive. I don't look forward to playing the role of both the beggar and the chooser. As I explain here, under the exact circumstances of today, I'm not afraid to say I'm judgy when someone mentions adblock usage.

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

i wouldn’t mind sacrificing the first post on my home feed as a dedicated advertising spot (clearly marked), if it helps keep things running.

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

If it does not track you. Eg a normal jpeg image as an ad. It can't track you(but you may not be able to block it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

none, unless airline ads but way prefer no ads

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I would block that instance.

If you want to market, buy physical billboard space.

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