Good thing I don’t perform any activity there any longer
Right? It feels so good to be out from under their thumb. It is annoying when people send me intriguing Reddit links. I’m not opening them
That might be illegal in the EU under GDPR rules. They’ll probably be fined a few million.
Pretty sure somewhere in fine print it says they are not doing it where GDPR applies.
It’s so funny how this is a thing. Like other countries basically say “yeah fuck our citizens, just do what you want” for the whole world to see.
Reddit: Assume the position!
People who haven’t left for Lemmy yet: Awwww maaan!
Time for the free hand of the market to molest some redditors!
Remember, it’s for private profit, so as an American, it’s your duty to enjoy it.
Easy there, Blitz
Oh look, MORE enshittification.
I’m curious how long and how far it’ll go before the pendulum finally shifts. When central banks cut rates?
There is no pendulum. We’re on the train to hell.
The company noted that ad-limiting controls will possibly show you fewer ads from mentioned categories if the toggles are turned off, but won’t possibly filter out all ads. Reddit justified this by saying it uses manual tagging and machine learning to label ads, so there is a chance that it is not 100% accurate.
Because of course they use manual tagging, so that Huffman can get in there and make sure that people see what he wants them to, even if they don’t.
Pray they don’t alter the deal any further
I’m still salty and disappointed how most people continue to stay there knowing all this shit
Yeah bruh I fucked outta there when they shit the bed. Fuck ‘em.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Reddit said Wednesday that the platform is revamping its privacy settings with an aim to make ad personalization and account visibility toggles consistent.
Our advertisers instead rely on on-platform activity—what communities you join, leave, upvotes, downvotes, and other signals—to get an idea of what you might be interested in,” Reddit said.
Reddit is seemingly removing toggles for getting post recommendations based on “general location” and activity on partner sites and apps.
The social network said it will also roll out controls to limit certain advertising categories such as alcohol, weight loss, dating, gambling pregnancy, and parenting.
It infamously made changes to its data API terms that led to many third-party clients shutting down and subreddits protesting in retaliation.
In an interview with The Verge in June, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman responded to IPO rumors and said “Getting to breakeven is a priority for us in any climate.”
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If their spying algorithm is as easy to fool as Instagram’s, that wouldn’t be a major concern if I still used that bad fediverse clone.
