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Re:Facebook buying ads for Messenger to be top result when y... by Judgmentality on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:35PM (#25720893)
This sounds like cutting off the nose to spite the face. Sure, you may be harming the advertisers, but you are directly reinforcing the ecosystem that creates those annoying ads in the first place by telling them you like those ads.

I hate ads too, but let's not pretend like this childish rebellion is actually self-serving. It's like me saying I'm upset with politics so I'll show the world by not voting.

Re:Facebook buying ads for Messenger to be top result when y... by s1artibartfast on Sunday January 10, 2021 @06:45PM (#25721773)
How does clicking an add in bad faith reinforce the ecosystem? How does thinking you like the product benefit the advertiser or market?
Re:Facebook buying ads for Messenger to be top result when y... by missedthecue on Sunday January 10, 2021 @07:44PM (#25722527)
Platform: wow people click ads more often than organic results. We should put more ads in there.
Re:Facebook buying ads for Messenger to be top result when y... by JacobSuperslav on Monday January 11, 2021 @03:28AM (#25726223)
they are not going to notice anyway. just look how difficult it was for Uber