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Under what conditions would you be OK with ads on your lemmy instance? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by makeasnek@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'll start:

Some significant portion of funds go towards development of the Lemmy software. 80%? Rest goes to lemmy instance hosting.
Ads are reasonable and non-intrusive (no popups etc)
People can still browse w/ an adblocker

I personally would gladly turn off my adblocker if I knew the ads were supporting development. Hell, I might even click a few!

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[-] esc27@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

        Transparency - where the ads come from, how the revenue is used, etc.
the ads are safe and appropriate and follow the same rules as posts and comments
the ads are clearly labeled or otherwise visually distinct and not disguised as user generated content
the ads do not make up more than 10% of the displayed content (by any metric (screen space, text, bytes, etc.)
the ads are in like/kind to the surrounding content (e.g. if the community is text only, so are the ads, if the community allows images but not video, then the ads cannot move, etc.)
no tracking
the ads can be removed via subscription or donation
no double dipping (e.g. charging for access and still showing ads.) Members who support the instance should not see ads, members who see ads should not be required to pay.
a transparent removal process for problematic ads


      

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