this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2023

1093 points (98.6% liked)

Lemmy.World Announcements

29161 readers

51 users here now

This Community is intended for posts about the Lemmy.world server by the admins.

Follow us for server news 🐘

Outages 🔥

https://status.lemmy.world/

For support with issues at Lemmy.world, go to the Lemmy.world Support community.

Support e-mail

Any support requests are best sent to info@lemmy.world e-mail.

Report contact

DM https://lemmy.world/u/lwreport
Email report@lemmy.world (PGP Supported)

Donations 💗

If you would like to make a donation to support the cost of running this platform, please do so at the following donation URLs.

If you can, please use / switch to Ko-Fi, it has the lowest fees for us

Join the team

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

ruud@lemmy.world

lwadmin@lemmy.world

lwCET@lemmy.world

jelloeater85@lemmy.world

Serinus@lemmy.world

lw_mod_notification@lemmy.world

1093

The blackout is starting to have a financial impact on Reddit, but we must stay dark! (www.adweek.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Jessica@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

227 comments fedilink hide all child comments

If the performance weakness continues for a week or two, the agency would start recommending decreasing spend with Reddit or directing it to other platforms.

After the blackout, we will be closely monitoring user behavior on Reddit and guide clients when we can unpause,” said Freddy Dabaghi, managing director at Stagwell-backed Crispin Porter Bogusky, which has asked clients to stop campaigns, depending on their client goals.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[+] skillissuer@lemmy.world 62 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

[deleted]

[–] Black616Angel@feddit.de 24 points 2 years ago

In this adconomy?

[–] daniskarma@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've used an adblock for more than a decade now. At work, due to security reasons, the way we connect to internet is quite restricted and I don't have an adblock. Internet experience is terrible with that, like unusable. Most websites you barely can find what you are looking for, and the annoyance is constant. It's like a nightmare every time I have to use it that way.

[–] taaz@biglemmowski.win 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

yk you could "side-load" install the adblocker extension manually from flash drive ;)

EDIT: /s? I am aware there are jobs that require very high security, this was just a cheeky don't-really-do-this remark.

[–] Firnin@feddit.de 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If they aren't allowed to install AdBlockers, I doubt they are allowed to plug in random flash drives into their work machines

[–] ___@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

One possible solution: if OP is allowed to connect their phone to their work computer, and they have a rooted Android phone, they could get around this using VPN tethering. I'll spell out how to do this, in case someone else can benefit from it.

What's needed:

a rooted Android phone
a VPN based ad blocker (Blokada, AdAway, etc)
a USB cable
a VPN hotspot app

Steps:

Connect your phone to a VPN based ad blocker
Connect your phone to your computer
Open the VPN hotspot app. Turn on USB tethering, then rndis0

If it doesn't work, try turning on USB debugging on your phone, or changing default USB configuration under Developer options

[–] jumperalex@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

only if I want to risk losing my job and potential criminal charges (not joking)

[–] animist@lemmy.one 8 points 2 years ago

Also using my VPN's DNS to block adware on phone and desktop as well as Pi-hole at home for guests who don't use a VPN

[–] EsotericEmbryo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Right? It's like sleeping with strangers without a condom on. Even the FBI recommends an adblocker now.