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Re:Instagram Has Become SkyMall by bscphil on Saturday July 10, 2021 @10:01PM (#27797925)
Similar to endisneigh I take as many steps as I possibly can to avoid letting advertising influence me. I block ads wherever possible, and anything that slips through goes on a shit-list of companies that I will avoid buying from unless I have no other choice.
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Re:Instagram Has Become SkyMall by davidivadavid on Saturday July 10, 2021 @10:22PM (#27798030)
So if you see an ad about something, you never recommend it. Sounds like you let advertising influence you quite a bit.
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Re:Instagram Has Become SkyMall by bscphil on Saturday July 10, 2021 @10:41PM (#27798099)
Sure, if you're going to insist on an overly literal reading of my words.
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Re:Instagram Has Become SkyMall by BuyMyBitcoins on Saturday July 10, 2021 @11:26PM (#27798259)
Advertising is mental pollution. Reacting against it isn’t the same thing as being influenced to consume what they’re hocking.
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Re:Instagram Has Become SkyMall by CRConrad on Sunday July 11, 2021 @04:59PM (#27804496)
Where can I buy some of your Bitcoins, please?
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Re:Instagram Has Become SkyMall by z3t4 on Sunday July 11, 2021 @05:40AM (#27799563)
Maybe its reverse psychology by competitors
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