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submitted 6 months ago by pedz@lemmy.ca to c/boostforlemmy@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] rmayayo@lemmy.world 43 points 6 months ago

Press the icon on the top right and select report ad or block ad

[-] pedz@lemmy.ca 24 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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.

[-] rmayayo@lemmy.world 27 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

Thanks for responding to this.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 28 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] Bondrewd@lemmy.world 26 points 6 months ago

How are you okay with ads being injected at all?

[-] rdyoung@lemmy.world 42 points 6 months ago

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

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[-] pedz@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

I tolerated them when using Boost but it may soon be a thing of the past.

[-] Patch@feddit.uk 9 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago
[-] bizzle@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

I switched to Voyager and it's amazing. Plus there are no ads which is sweet.

[-] naught@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

And it's ✨ open source ✨

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[-] Seigest@lemmy.ca 24 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

"American" group with 99% Kremlin funding, I'd bet my life on it.

[-] Xideta@ani.social 19 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] worldofbirths@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

That's not entirely true. The publisher can still set some rules around what they want to allow, like no gambling, etc.

[-] Traister101@lemmy.today 12 points 6 months ago

Boost uses Googles ad thingy so you'll have to go through the Google routes. Boost just displays them

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago

if i recall correctly, the app developer can also block specific adverts too though (or at least some categories)

[-] pedz@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Have you considered using Lemmy Connect? I've been very happy with it

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[-] badbrainstorm@lemmy.today 5 points 6 months ago

There are much better apps for Lemmy without trackers and tons of permissions.

https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/401992/

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[-] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago

There's no point. We're in the post-truth era. Everything is a fabrication and the powers that be don't care.

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