Community of the Android app Boost for Lemmy
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.
Thanks for responding to this.
What's crazy is that a lot of times these ads don't even lead to real petitions. They lead to email capture forms which then opt the submitter into email advertising and grifting campaigns. That type of scam was very popular on Facebook just a couple of years ago. Facebook cracked down on it a little, but there are still plenty of examples in the wild.
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
I tolerated them when using Boost but it may soon be a thing of the past.
You can pay for ad-free Boost. It is not a lot of money. Boost is my favourite app, and in my mind it was well worth it.
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.
"American" group with 99% Kremlin funding, I'd bet my life on it.
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.
That's not entirely true. The publisher can still set some rules around what they want to allow, like no gambling, etc.
Boost uses Googles ad thingy so you'll have to go through the Google routes. Boost just displays them
if i recall correctly, the app developer can also block specific adverts too though (or at least some categories)
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.
Have you considered using Lemmy Connect? I've been very happy with it
There are much better apps for Lemmy without trackers and tons of permissions.
There's no point. We're in the post-truth era. Everything is a fabrication and the powers that be don't care.