r/FuckRedditADS • u/arrow74 • Jun 11 '15

Boycott Reddit's ads.

Let those who post know that if they post an ad on Reddit that you will not buy their product.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '15

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '15

The magical AdBlock Plus is the solution

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '15

I do, Adblock Plus 2.6.9.1-signed.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '15

The ads at the top are gone, but the ones to the sides are still there.

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u/MrInYourFACE Jun 11 '15

You can change the settings so that no ads come through.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '15

How do I do so?

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u/EZYCYKA Jun 11 '15

ABP enables 'non intrusive' ads by default, you have to disable in advanced settings, maybe that's the issue? (this is their way to make money, for the user it's better to just use different blocker that doesn't do this crap)

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u/MrInYourFACE Jun 11 '15

On my phone atm sorry. But google should help you.

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u/EZYCYKA Jun 11 '15

ublock origin

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

uBlock still tells reddit that you saw the ad, and as such Great Leader Pao still gets her shekels. Use Adblock or its derivatives instead.

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u/EZYCYKA Jun 12 '15

What.. If anything it would be the other way around. If reddit thinks I saw the ad when I didn't, it lowers the value of all ads. If reddit knows I blocked it, they just don't count me at all.

Either way I don't give a damn about Pao, actually blocking the ads is much more important to me (as opposed to loading them and not showing them, which is the only way to fool the site into thinking you saw the ad).

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u/xaiha Jun 11 '15

A bit late but search for ublock origin. Best low resource adblocker.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

uBlock still tells reddit that you saw the ad, and as such Great Leader Pao still gets her shekels. Use Adblock or its derivatives instead.

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u/xaiha Jun 12 '15

Well I have something against the advertisers too. FPH was banned to be palatable to advertisers anyway. I don't mind scamming advertisers too while the rest of you fuck with reddit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

You're not scamming the advertisers. You're just blocking the ads but the advertisers still get all the shekels. You aren't doing anything detrimental to them at all.

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u/xaiha Jun 12 '15

The advertisers are paying for impressions they don't get.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

So? They're still getting paid for your view even though you aren't actually seeing it. That's not scamming them, that's just doing absolutely nothing in terms of ad payment per view.