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Mar 4 at 7:02amWeb
Show threadrenzhexiangjiaoMar 4
better: get off reddit
Show threadbirdwingMar 4
Already was, saw this one crossposted elsewhere
Show threadpsychOdelic she/herMar 4
I want to, but where do I get cat pics? (I’m serious)
Show threadTruscapeMar 4

lemmy.world/c/cat

Pretty active

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Show threadCatoblepasMar 4
[email protected]
Show threadink1ingMar 4
I got you
Show threadDomiMar 4
Beautiful!
Show threadSergioMar 4
Show threadpsychOdelic she/herMar 5
It’s not enough, Im on cat Internet 5 hours a day
Show threadMultiplexerMar 4
Won’t they be charged extra when you click on it?
Show threadwhyNotSquirrelMar 4
yeah, I would click and forget for them to pay
Show threadgarbagebagelMar 4
Wait, what? Have I been wrong about how ads work this whole time?
Show threadSaledovilMar 4
Each time you load the page, there’s an auction to sell ad spots. The advertiser has to pay their bid once you click on the add.
Show threadwholookshereMar 4
A lot of ads also run on conversion. Some and networks don’t charge right away until a user converts.
Show threadcoolmanMar 4
Check out AdNauseum, it’s like ublock origin except it “clicks” on every ad you come across. It uses a little bit more of your bandwidth and ram but I think it’s totally worth it
Show threadMultiplexerMar 4
I know that, but decided against.
Prime argument against it is that a major reason I use ublock is security.
Ad links lead sometimes to trojan distributing sites, and I really don’t want to catch a drive-by virus…
Show threadsetVeryLoud(true);Mar 4

That’s not how AdNauseam works. It sends a network request, but ignores the response. This basically “pokes” the ad server, triggering a payout.

FWIW, AdNauseam is based on uBlock Origin.

Show threadglibg10bMar 5

That’s not how viruses work. Your PC can’t just “catch a virus” if you click the wrong link

If you really think that’s how that works, then using the internet must be a terrifying experience for you. I feel bad for you

Show threadMultiplexerMar 5

What is Drive By Download?
A drive-by download is a cyber-attack that unintentionally downloads malicious code onto a computer or mobile device that exposes the users to different threats […]
The user doesn’t have to click on anything, press download, or open a malicious email attachment to become infected. These types of attacks can take advantage of an app, operating system, or web browser that contains security flaws due to a lack of updates or unsuccessful updates.

So, the question is: Do I trust an Addon to be bug-free enough to let it intentionally run loose on high-risk content?
And is it worth the potential additional risk (that I try to minimize in the first place by using Ad- and Script-Blockers)?

Besides that there seem to be other reasons not to use AdNauseam, a major one being that it generates profit for e.g. google.

Show threadglibg10bMar 5
No one’s wasting a zero-day browser vulnerability on you
Show threadMultiplexerMar 5
Well, happened to me once already.
Auto-pop-up to a hijacked page.
Anti-Virus found the trojan later after next update.
About 15 years ago and I was running Windows, but still…
Show threadglibg10bMar 5
Things have changed a lot in 15 years…
Show threadCatoblepasMar 4
Why have they been fingering a smurf tho 😭
Show threadN.E.P.T.RMar 4
Like a weird of the avatar from ATLA
Show threadGeeDubHaydukeMar 4
Gender bending…?
Show threadGeeDubHaydukeMar 4
Gender bending…?
Show threadbstixMar 5
Just smurf them in the smurf. Smurfette lets you do that when you’re a smurf.
Show threadTheLeadenSeaMar 4
If they’re being scientific wouldn’t contributing your data make their results say what they don’t went them to though, even if their intent is transphobic? I’m not on Reddit though so I haven’t seen these anyway
Show threadNatanoxMar 4

Only if you expect them to actually be scientific, to not misrepresent the data willy-nilly, to not simply drop undesired data and never mention it, to not use manipulative language to make a statistically relevant amount of people answer in a way they want, ecetera.

It’s better to not give them shit at all.

Show threadLainTrainMar 4
They could be scientific in the way that Andrew Wakefield or that one UK paper was scientific
Show threadTheLeadenSeaMar 4
Are you referring to the widely condemned Cass review?
Show threadLainTrainMar 4

Yup, that’s the one.

So, not scientific at all because it’s cherry-picking data and the whole thing is manufactured to meet political demands with conclusions set in advance by ministers.

Show threadnimpninMar 4

More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Michael_Bailey#Research_…

In 2023, Springer retracted a paper co-authored by Bailey [28] on the rapid onset gender dysphoria (ROGD) hypothesis “due to concerns about lack of informed consent”, which had been published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior.

J. Michael Bailey - Wikipedia

Show threadmstMar 4
Don’t click on any add.
Show threadGalacticSushiMar 4

Firefox + uBlock Origin

Don’t expose yourself to any ad

Show threadCluckNMar 4
What if it’s a hot single in my area?
Show threadP1k1eMar 4
Oh, well in that case
Show threadSteamymoomilkMar 4
Only if there 900°
Show threadDylanMc6 [any, any]Mar 4
That’s pretty hot
Show threadfestntMar 5
where 900 degrees?!?
Show threadKokusnussRitterMar 5
Celsius or Fahrenheit?
Show threadSpeziMar 4
I only click on subtract.
Show threadverdareMar 4
Click on it and submit false data, got it.
Show threadDraconic NEOMar 4
They’re probably already doing that with a load of their own sockpuppets.
Show threadZILtoid1991Mar 5

Click on it, then post Never Gonna Give You Up as your story!

Ruin these fuckers data collection!