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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by PirateMike94@lemmy.world to c/voyagerapp@lemmy.world

Pretty much the title. Some of us want to reduce the amount of time we spend browsing NSFW communities, but as it stands it's too easy to just turn the slider off.

I'm requesting an improvement in the options where you can make the slider permanently locked upon user request (similar to what Infinity for Reddit app has done).

Thanks.

[-] PirateMike94@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

So, are thinkpads actually good laptops, or are they just cheap and companies buy them in bulk?

[-] PirateMike94@lemmy.world 87 points 8 months ago

I try to be more positive on this platform but with these scumbags, I cannot.

Thank you for making this effort, by the way. The community on Lemmy versus the other platform we all know about is night and day because of people like you.

And I absolutely agree. I went to read a bit about the Salvation Army and I had no idea about their stance. I'm glad I came across this post. Truly appalling.

[-] PirateMike94@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

That's right. The thing that anti-government people seem to forget is that, left unchecked, corporations are much worse than oppressive governments. Democratic Nations need to be vigilant of both.

[-] PirateMike94@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Yeah. I've been wanting to adopt Linux as a daily driver, but unfortunately there are programs that simply aren't made for anything other than Windows/Mac. I seriously do hope programmers start investing more in software for Linux so that I can make the switch permanently.

[-] PirateMike94@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago

Might I introduce you to the Data Hoarder community? Those unsung heroes who keep humanity afloat and ask for nothing in return?

[-] PirateMike94@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

THEY ARE AN ORGANIZED BUNCH OF EXTREME LEFTISH PEOPLE THAT WANT TO MAKE YOU THINK THAT BUKELE MILEI AND NOBOA ARE BAD GUYS

To clarify, so you don't think these guys are bad?

[-] PirateMike94@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Trusting porn componies with peoples private info" vs "porn shouldnt be easily accessible" are not the same thing.

The political face of conservatism has changed, but make no mistake, these are the same people. Political strategy has always been a thing, and policy positions change according to the direction the wind is blowing.

[-] PirateMike94@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Same. I will abstain from having an opinion on this case, lol.

[-] PirateMike94@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

Makes you wonder which came first: the psychopathy or the CEO position. Could be an interesting study to be performed, for sure.

[-] PirateMike94@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

More or less. Adnauseam could potentially be better for bloggers than UBo, but it really depends on how Google, Facebook, Bing interpret those "fake" clicks. If Facebook/Google can identify these clicks, they could make the choice of charging the advertiser regardless (and pay the blogger), OR exclude that impression (meaning the blogger doesn't get paid), OR, if they identify a particular blog attracts more adnauseam users than usual (perhaps a privacy/security-related blog), they could exclude the blog from their ad programs entirely. Please understand this is all highly speculative because we don't really know how these platforms treat fake clicks, if they are even aware of them at all, and so on.

I expanded further on how online advertising works on another thread in this post, if you'd be like to read it.

[-] PirateMike94@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah, potentially. Some bloggers live off of the ads their blogs serve visitors. So yeah, in that case it can suck. However, others make most, or all, of their money from affiliate links on their pages, or partnerships with other blogs, or a combination of 2-3 of these. I think you'll be hard-pressed to find a blogger nowadays who lives exclusively off of ad clicks/views, since that market has become increasingly less worth it even before ad blockers became more mainstream. One thing to keep in mind is that there are different types of ad campaigns, and if the blogger get paid per view or per click, in theory adnauseam could be triggering an impression and causing the blogger to be paid at the expense of Google/FB/etc. It really depends on how Google and Facebook deal with adnauseam's false clicks. So do with this information what you will.

Edit: Just as a matter of comparison. I knew a guy who, in 2008 built a blog where he had AdSense, and would routinely make £500 (~600 USD) PER WEEK, just from him clicking his own ads and changing his IP. Of course this isn't possible anymore nowadays (the change IP easily part) but also no way in hell Google would still be paying that much for as clicks. Those times are simply gone as Google, Facebook, Yahoo became greedier, not because of Adblockers, so you shouldn't feel bad for using them, imho.

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[-] PirateMike94@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I see, I was unfamiliar with adnauseam. In those cases then, in theory, you're harming all the interested parties.

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