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The following hashtags are trending across South African Mastodon instances:

#Wordle
#wordle1737
#community
#prayer
#easter
#quiz
#jesuschrist
#polls
#ads
#lent

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Mastodon Trends South Africa 10h ago

The following hashtags are trending across South African Mastodon instances:

#Wordle
#wordle1737
#quiz
#jesuschrist
#polls
#ads
#lent
#harmattanseason
#eyecaretips
#dryeyesrelief

Based on recent posts made by non-automated accounts. Posts with more boosts, favourites, and replies are weighted higher.

Graham Downs 11h ago

Would you pay a monthly subscription if literally the only difference between the paid service and the free version was that the paid one didn't have ads?

#polls #ads

i.e. Same speed, same features, same quality, same level of support, same everything. But you could have unlimited free usage if you put up with ads, or you could have all that and no ads if you paid a monthly fee.

	Yes
	No
	Other

Poll ends at 9:00am.

JKN Tech 14h ago

Tried to use the #YouTube app for the first time in a year.

Literally unusable.

#ads #enshittification

Arnan 15h ago

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#wordpress #classicpress #bannermanager #ads #adverts #banenrs #advertising #wordpressplugin #plugin #php #development

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lmorchard's links 1d ago

The 49MB Web Page | thatshubham

"They built a system that treats your attention as an extractable resource. The most radical thing you can do is refuse to be extracted. Close the tab. Use RSS. Let the bounce rate speak for itself. These are vanity metrics until enough people stop vanishing into them and then suddenly they become a crisis."

https://thatshubham.com/blog/news-audit

#ads #enshittification #webdev

The 49MB Web Page

A look at modern news websites. How programmatic ad-tech, huge payloads and hostile architecture destroyed the reading experience.

TinJar 1d ago

www.chinatalk.media/p/chinas-tec... 1/ For the past 40 years, instead of pouring obscene amounts of cash in #war selling #ads via #search #socialmedia or in #crypto #LLM #financial engg. - #US could have put it into figuring out and scaling up #decarbonization

China's technology long game

China's technology long game

China's Five-Year Plans and its evolving tech strategy

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TinJar 1d ago

https://www.chinatalk.media/p/chinas-technology-long-game

For the past 40 years, instead of pouring obscene amounts of cash in #war selling #ads via #search #socialmedia or in #crypto #LLM #financial engg. - #US could have put it into figuring out and scaling up #decarbonization - but here we are. So glad #China was doing something different. Not all good - but still the difference is stark. As of 2026, both are less #liberal anyway. Sheesh!!!!

China's technology long game

China's Five-Year Plans and its evolving tech strategy

ChinaTalk

Lusogeek 1d ago

TikTok ad campaigns drive movie ticket purchases

https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-ad-campaigns-drive-movie-ticket-purchases/814005/

#tiktok #tiktoknews #tiktokmovies #tech #technews #socialnetworks #socialmedia #adcampaigns #tiktokads #marketing #ads #moviesads #moviesnews #movieticket #ticketpurchase

TikTok ad campaigns drive movie ticket purchases

Promotional performance in the app was significantly more effective than for traditional linear television advertising, according to new data from the company.

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