Well, we’ve got the very useful tldr. bot.
I remember seeing that bot make something longer once, super useful.
Boy ain’t that the truth, I like his bulging eyeballs and rabid frantic posturing. That’s me, I’m all too guilty of doing the same.
I prefer to only read the top line of a meme then post. And no that’s not a Lemmy user, that’s squidward
The cellist?
Right!? Everyone but us is so stupid for talking about Lemmy (who ever that is) in here, while this is obviously squidward. Sheeple are so stupid!
I don’t want to read the thing. I want to discuss the thing that i didn’t read with other people who didn’t read the thing.
Did you read the thing? Because I didn’t and I don’t like your opinion on that topic!
I want peoples opinions on what they read. I ain’t got time lol
No one is here to discuss anything in good faith.
Not just here. Everywhere!
Welcome to the internet.
I’ve seen just the opposite. The top comment points out all sorts of problems with the article beyond just the headline.
Take this one on using nitrogen asphyxiation for the death penalty: https://midwest.social/post/7581080
I’m personally against the death penalty, but this article was garbage with garbage arguments. The top comments highlight why. Not only did people read the article, but they were also clear headed enough to point out all its flaws even when they are broadly on the same side as the authors.
Maybe give us a not paywalled link next time?
I thought it was standard operating procedure on the Internet.
Reddit users too
Same people
Everywhere on social media. However, I did notice I actually read through the articles more often here on lemmy.
Not quite everywhere Everytime I tried doing it on Twitter or tiktok I never find any useful info in the comments
Give me an archive link and I’ll click it every time. Otherwise, almost never.
Comments > ads
Who here on Lemmy is still seeing ads?
I’m guessing mobile users who don’t pay for apps.
Why are people using the apps that have any ads? There are a million Lemmy apps out there at this point. Most are completely free and no ads
It’s mostly Sync users. Some of them seriously pay 110$ for Sync Ultra lifetime lmao.
I feel this is it but surely there are other apps following this model. I’m assuming they are probably the biggest but definitely not the only ones doing it. For good* ad-free software that is being actively developed and will get used probably every day for years, $100 seems more than fair to me. Beats paying a subscription indefinitely imo. I paid for the Plex lifetime pass for similar reasons and that was worth every penny.
*Good is subjective, just because you wouldn’t pay doesn’t mean others won’t.Edit: formatting
Many of them used the old sync for years and just wanted to to contribute for that reason.
I think most of the in app browsers still load ads on remote sites. Aren’t most of them just based on Chrome?
Im sure the browsers and source webpages in the apps have ads. But my interpretation was that people are seeing ads on the Lemmy site itself in these free apps.
I hope that is not the case
We’re talking about reasons to comment on posts without reading the article, and the top level comment says it’s to avoid seeing ads.
It reads Comments “greater than” ads not “to” or anything. Reading comments better than seeing ads in article
You miss my point. It takes a certain type of person to be on the fediverse or to even have heard of it in the first place. I just expect someone like that to know how to block ads especially on webpages.
Oh i see
You mean ads in the article? Just use a good mobile browser that supports ad blockers.
Sir, this is a meme.
I didn’t read the text, just came to comments to see what it was about. Now I know, this is a meme.
