Reddit's Ad Changes Reduce Your ROI

Re:Reddit's Ad Changes Reduce Your ROI by abcd_f on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @04:04AM (#15236369)

> the idea being that if you're interested in jerky when you're on /r/jerky you're also interested in jerky when you're not on /r/jerky

Now, that's one fundamentally DUMB idea if you pardon my French.

If I am interested in hemorrhoid suppositories, it doesn't mean I want to hear about them all the time, e.g. when eating a parfait.

Subs exist because they provide context, focus and isolation of the content. You start stuffing unrelated crap there - you f*ck up the very core of the reddit experience.

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Re:Reddit's Ad Changes Reduce Your ROI by StavrosK on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @06:36AM (#15237019)

To their defense, I'm subscribed to various subreddits but never ever visit them. I only visit the front page to see their content, so I'd never ever see your ad if not for this change.

That having been said, this should definitely at least be an option.

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Re:Reddit's Ad Changes Reduce Your ROI by abcd_f on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @08:38AM (#15237675)

Front page is a fair game. It's a summary of subs, so it's perfectly fine to have a mix of ads on it.

Just don't show ads for /r/abc when it's not a part of the current view.

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Re:Reddit's Ad Changes Reduce Your ROI by StavrosK on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @09:29AM (#15238019)

Ah, yes, agreed.

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