Nah the ad solution being utilized by the Boost app thinks that. Not Lemmy.
Could be you’re using a VPN throwing off where it thinks you’re located, you have some specific intersection of browsing history and interests, your search history, some other criteria I probably don’t know because I don’t actually work in that industry.
Anyways, usually there is a reason even if it’s silly.
You have ads on Lemmy? yuck
None here using all open source means to access.
This is a targeted ad based on your browsing history from your IP address. You may read or search a lot of things related to Israel, which could be why this shows up.
I don’t though that’s the thing. I have no interest in current affairs.
Maybe then some weird algorithm is pushing some weird stuff onto people who have no special interests?
To my knowledge lemmy.world doesn’t have personalized algorithms. just some odd people, like everywhere
He’s using Boost, so it’s his own fault. It’s just your standard ad network crap.
I’m using boost, I’ve not got any ads?
Looking trough the settings, there’s no way to turn ads off or on, and no payment for them. Just a voluntary donate button.
Do you have dns-based adblock? That reliably stops boost from fetching and displaying those.
Did you pay for it? Or it could be regional
I don’t know, how can I check?
Looks like there’s no option to pay to remove ads, just a donation button.
I believe there’s a donation button after paying for it. If you didn’t pay for boost then there are ads inter-stitched.
Then I must’ve paid, thanks for figuring that out!
I don’t understand why people use apps instead of web interface…
That the apps serve ads makes it even more confusing
Jerboa, Raccoon etc dont do ads(get them.from F sroid) . Boost does if you don’t buy it.
Because the web ui sucks, imo
“Sucks” is generous. Maybe it’s passable on desktop?
Also there are apps without ads.
In fact I didn’t know there were apps with ads before this post.
I use an app (Voyager) and have no ads, they just chose one with ads for some reason
Only Boost and Sync have added ads. There are much better FOSS Lemmy clients like Voyager, that are ad-free and have a much better interface than web.
Im just used to it from reddit. Its comfy
I used Boost back in the Reddit days, but when I came over to Lemmy I found there were much better ad-free apps, like Voyager.
If you’re interested in trying an app with no ads, I’m using Thunder and it’s great. Cross platform for Android and iOS.
The ad free upgrade for boost is only a few dollars. I don’t remember if it’s done through the app or the play store, though.
I might. Ads are pretty unintrusive on lemmy, but these caught my eye
