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arrow-up1498external-linkReddit /r/piracy in turmoil as a mod caught taking bribes to promote postswww.reddit.com db0 ( @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) M Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • edit-22 months ago message-square77fedilink
minus-square rglullis ( @rglullis@communick.news ) linkfedilinkEnglish24•edit-22 months agoTo be quite honest, I wouldn’t mind sponsored posts as a way to support a community or instance, as long as they were completely disclosed as so and if the sponsor had no control over the moderation.
minus-square db0 ( @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglish56•2 months agoIf we get instance sponsors it will probably in the instance sidebar, but for now we don’t quite need them
minus-square TeamAssimilation ( @TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub ) linkfedilinkEnglish31•2 months agoFuck ads, they’re everywhere at every level. I want to see less of them, not more.
minus-square rglullis ( @rglullis@communick.news ) linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-22 months agoNo one is forcing you to see them, especially given that this is an open source system with open source clients. Also, how much are you paying/contributing to the developers, admins and moderators in order to avoid the need of alternative methods of funding?
To be quite honest, I wouldn’t mind sponsored posts as a way to support a community or instance, as long as they were completely disclosed as so and if the sponsor had no control over the moderation.
If we get instance sponsors it will probably in the instance sidebar, but for now we don’t quite need them
Fuck ads, they’re everywhere at every level. I want to see less of them, not more.
No one is forcing you to see them, especially given that this is an open source system with open source clients.
Also, how much are you paying/contributing to the developers, admins and moderators in order to avoid the need of alternative methods of funding?