Using Boost for Lemmy, I got an obvious political ad from the right asking to sign a petition to scrap the gun “ban” in Canada (it’s a registry not a ban).
Now I understand this is an ad but I don’t appreciate having propaganda from the right injected into my browsing on lemmy. Have better ads, or let us report them.
Press the icon on the top right and select report ad or block ad
If we’re talking about the little white block with a play icon on the top right, it does nothing.
EDIT: Well, I tried a few more times and you have to be very precise, the area where you can tap is very small, buy I ended up being able to report it. Thanks.
Yes, that icon. It is a bit difficult to press, due to the small size. I don’t think I can make it bigger since it is rendered by Google that way.
Boost uses Googles ad thingy so you’ll have to go through the Google routes. Boost just displays them
Yeah but idiot me never had to report a Google ad before. I did try to tap the white play button in the right corner before making a post, but it didn’t seem to do anything so I asked here prematurely.
Lmao you’re really upset that you don’t just have an unbroken stream of the leftist slop you usually see?
Ah, if you’re against guns you’re now a leftist.
Well considering that it just so happens to be the left that’s looking for gun control in this situation, and op is crying like a bitch that he saw a right wing ad, yes.
As a Canadian Lefitst, I just have to mention that I literally don’t hear a single person other than the LPC discuss banning/restricting guns. Pretty much everyone I know owns one, likes them, or periodically goes to the range to fire a rental. It’s not like the voters who identify as “Left” are actively discussing taking anyone’s guns away. Everyone was in shock after the NS shootings, but everyone pretty quickly realized the guns were brought in from USA and not legally procured in Canada.
As a Canadian Lefitst, I just have to mention that I literally don’t hear a single person other than the LPC discuss banning/restricting guns
And what of people like OP in that calculation? He’s clearly behind Castro Jr’s anti gun agenda. Does he not count?
How are you okay with ads being injected at all?
OP is using an app to browse the fediverse. Apps are not free to develop and the devs need to eat. I use sync and I’m paying for ultra so I can both support the dev and not have to see ads even though I do block ads system wide
So if it is my livelihood, I should be able to manipulate people?
I was feeling inhibited to do so but it makes more sense coming from that perspective.
So if it is my livelihood, I should be able to manipulate people?
Where above has this been mentioned?
In the serving ads as a form of getting to be paid part?
Yes
Sadly the developer doesn’t control what ads are shown, that’s entirely up to Google Ad Services and what it thinks you’re susceptible to.
I did some digging on these also show its an American group paying for it. I’ve reported the group to google a few times for other complete lies.
there’s some instructions in there on how to remove all information that adsense has on you and your browsing history. After doing that i was flooded with ads for dating sites that had porn videos playing over them at a light transparency. Others have been less subtle. Reporting it at best well make it so you stop seeing the ad after a few months but everyone else still does.
I’ll just pop back over to an open source solution.
Just pay for Boost. I’m sure you spend more on coffee.
It’s not the point. The point is that those 'ads" are spreading misinformation.
If I were an ad company I would make sure to check every detail of every ad, manually , one by one. Why? If something sketchy like scam are advertised, it will obviously ruin the credibility of the ad company
Yet, it seems like every digital ad company seems to not care about doing that. As a result something like this happens. I also sometimes see awful YouTube ads that are straight up a scam.
There are much better apps for Lemmy without trackers and tons of permissions.
NextDNS, and duck duck go app blocker. Now you can use whatever app without those concerns.
Have you considered using Lemmy Connect? I’ve been very happy with it
There’s no point. We’re in the post-truth era. Everything is a fabrication and the powers that be don’t care.
