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Re:“35-50% of clicks on Reddit Ads are fraudulent” by loosetypes on Friday October 09, 2020 @01:50PM (#24732474)
I unintentionally click ads far too often.

Where I clicked while the page is still loading. But by the time my click is registered, an ad has loaded in the target location.

I suppose you could say loading ads asynchronously improves the user experience, but my skeptical experience is they intentionally load in high activity localities.

Every time it feels like a bait and switch.

Re:“35-50% of clicks on Reddit Ads are fraudulent” by solumos on Friday October 09, 2020 @02:18PM (#24732783)
That's a super common dark pattern with clickbait sites. It's definitely on purpose (in a lot of places).
Re:“35-50% of clicks on Reddit Ads are fraudulent” by TwoBit on Friday October 09, 2020 @04:35PM (#24734158)
I wish web browsers were designed such that they never dynamically move text that's currently visible.