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Hey Boost, could you maybe vet your ads a little better? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago by brown567@sh.itjust.works to c/boostforlemmy@lemmy.world

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I would much prefer this piece of shit die in obscurity, thanks

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[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Siphoning money from truth social seems like the best case for an ad you were never going to click on anyway

[–] Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Even better you should click it in case they are billed by click

[–] Paradachshund 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ads are billed by click, you're correct.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Any place we could find more details on this? Wonder if setting up an ad clicker would be a decent way to drain their funds (if many people do it of course).

[–] Paradachshund 6 points 3 months ago

Theoretically it is. There's actually an add on for Firefox now called adnauseum that auto clicks every ad it blocks (it's ublock origin under the hood). You don't see it happen, but in theory it costs the advertisers money and also scrambles your advertising profile since it clicks everything.

If you want to learn more just look up ad cost on any ad network as if you were going to buy an ad. They break it down in detail.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

This is a good point

[–] braindamagebuddy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

This is also how I feel every time I scroll by it. Positive thinking lol, although I'll probably get the paid version soon.