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Re:Reddit traffic doubles in less than a year, to 2 billion ... by 127 on Thursday January 05, 2012 @06:29PM (#3431117)
They do show stupid pictures ("Instead of an ad, here's...") instead of ads that steal my attention for no reason what so ever. The sole reason I'm using adblock. I do not want to, but those damn pictures are so damn annoying that I have no choice.

How about not show anything if you are not going to show an ad? Why steal my attention and bother me for no reason at all?

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Re:Reddit traffic doubles in less than a year, to 2 billion ... by amitparikh on Thursday January 05, 2012 @06:34PM (#3431139)
Because reddit sometimes does show real ads in that space. And I think this feature was designed with 'fun' in mind -- it's lighthearted!

References: http://blog.reddit.com/2010/10/fun-in-sidebar.html and http://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/dqse4/fun_in_the_sideb...

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Re:Reddit traffic doubles in less than a year, to 2 billion ... by 127 on Thursday January 05, 2012 @07:02PM (#3431228)
What you consider "fun" and "lighthearted" I consider a waste of space and attention. Tell me how it is logically not.
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Re:Reddit traffic doubles in less than a year, to 2 billion ... by redthrowaway on Thursday January 05, 2012 @07:42PM (#3431360)
Clearly you aren't their target market. The "instead of an ad, here's x" pictures have proven to be fairly popular.
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Re:Reddit traffic doubles in less than a year, to 2 billion ... by whatusername on Thursday January 05, 2012 @09:45PM (#3431696)
Because having something "fun" and "lighthearted" in the space occasionally might drive higher cpm's when they actually sell ads for the space.
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Re:Reddit traffic doubles in less than a year, to 2 billion ... by vecter on Thursday January 05, 2012 @06:35PM (#3431142)
Their revenue comes from ads. They've never claimed otherwise, what makes you think they did?
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Re:Reddit traffic doubles in less than a year, to 2 billion ... by 127 on Thursday January 05, 2012 @06:59PM (#3431216)
The "fun" and "lighthearted" pictures are pointless and actively harmful. If you're going to show me ads, show me ads. But if you're not, don't. I'm willing to pay the price of being annoyed by advertising. The "instead of an ad" pictures generate no revenue for Reddit and they constantly waste my time and attention. They are purely a negative thing.

That's the most articulate way I can put my argument. If you still misunderstand, there's not much more that I can say.

Maybe some people actually enjoy the "instead of an ad" pictures. I absolutely hate them.

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