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[Feedback] I don't mind ads, but do they need to be so suggestive and NSFW? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by douglasg14b@lemmy.world to c/boostforlemmy@lemmy.world

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Pretty much every time I see banner ads at the bottom of boost it's sexually suggestive and implied ads from Temu meant to grab your attention.

These are often borderline or actually NSFW. Which is becoming a problem.

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't think the developer has any control over the ads. Google selects those?

Best you can do is to report those ads to Google, or get rid of them by buying premium / blocking them with pihole or a DNS blocker

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

reporting ads does fuck all. i once reported one ad multiple times and google's only reaction was the usual "we didn't find that this ad violates TOS".

the ad was for that one shitty mobile game and it started with a character stepping on a sharp object and bleeding heavily out of their foot like bruh. i wouldn't mind it that much if i didn't see it every 5 minutes, seeing serious bodily injury is just not something i want to be exposed to on a recurring basis