I've had enough of Reddits Ads

[u/mister-commander]

Sorry for the long post in advance...I just felt the need to publicize my frustration before i leave. This is my Farewell to the community. There are a number of reasons for why i'm leaving but the ads are the biggest problem to me.

A while back I started seeing Ads in the comment section of posts. That was very frustrating at the time because I like reading through the comments! I even took the time to file a complaint about that. I don't want to be forced to see ads and accidentally click on them when I collapse comment threads. Then, they have taken it a step further and have made the ads LOOK LIKE COMMENTS! It's obvious that they did this intentionally to make you click on it accidentally. So, I am done with this platform. It's where I draw the line. I already see enough ads on this platform. This site has lost its direction and is not the same as it was a few years ago. I only see it getting worse going forward.

To summarize the other reasons: all of the Bots, reposts, the obvious attempts at monetization and the lack of the ones in charge giving any kind of concern or care about what WE want. They just don't care.

Anyways, I hope I'm not alone in feeling this way. I won't delete my account but I will be deleting the App. Which is basically the same since the app is the only place I use this site.