It’s not just lemmy that’s benefiting from Elon Musk.

  • drewofdoom@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s ok to get information from places like X/Twitter or Reddit. It’s even fine to have an account. But it’s better to post your OWN material to platforms that best align with your sensibilities.

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      1 year ago

      This. I still lurk reddit for information, but I will never contribute. Advertisers these days only care about interaction anyway, so I doubt lurking significantly impacts the profitability one way or the other.

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        1 year ago

        I think you should do you and browse whatever you want. I still use Reddit when looking for opinions on products and services because there’s nothing close to the discussion on there. But visiting the site (without an adblocker) 100% still generates ad revenue and is what matters to ad companies, regardless of actually participating in the discussion.

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          1 year ago

          The clicks, even with an adblocker, are still worth something, right? Especially if they’re tied to an account.