X appears to be juicing MrBeast’s views to woo the YouTuber to the platform, pushing video upload into users’ feeds as an unlabeled ad::undefined

  • PlasmaDistortion
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    810 months ago

    I actually bought things from their ads because I wanted to support them. Those days are long gone.

    • Snot Flickerman
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      610 months ago

      They mostly advertised other comics and merchandise from other comics, if I recall correctly.

      Also, Adblock originally released in 2002, and Adblock Plus came out in 2006.

      I do recall one of the reasons I respected webcomics ads was they weren’t ones that were animated, blaring music, or asking me to try to play a mini-game by clicking on something that specifically can’t be caught by your mouse.