Using Boost for Lemmy, I got an obvious political ad from the right asking to sign a petition to scrap the gun “ban” in Canada (it’s a registry not a ban).
Now I understand this is an ad but I don’t appreciate having propaganda from the right injected into my browsing on lemmy. Have better ads, or let us report them.
Press the icon on the top right and select report ad or block ad
If we’re talking about the little white block with a play icon on the top right, it does nothing.
EDIT: Well, I tried a few more times and you have to be very precise, the area where you can tap is very small, buy I ended up being able to report it. Thanks.
Yes, that icon. It is a bit difficult to press, due to the small size. I don’t think I can make it bigger since it is rendered by Google that way.
Thanks for responding to this.
If I were an ad company I would make sure to check every detail of every ad, manually , one by one. Why? If something sketchy like scam are advertised, it will obviously ruin the credibility of the ad company
Yet, it seems like every digital ad company seems to not care about doing that. As a result something like this happens. I also sometimes see awful YouTube ads that are straight up a scam.
Credibility? To who? The people who you are attempting to forcefully inject information directly into the brain off? The only people they care about are cutting them checks.
Boost uses Googles ad thingy so you’ll have to go through the Google routes. Boost just displays them
Just pay for Boost. I’m sure you spend more on coffee.
It’s not the point. The point is that those 'ads" are spreading misinformation.
How are you okay with ads being injected at all?
OP is using an app to browse the fediverse. Apps are not free to develop and the devs need to eat. I use sync and I’m paying for ultra so I can both support the dev and not have to see ads even though I do block ads system wide
So if it is my livelihood, I should be able to manipulate people?
I was feeling inhibited to do so but it makes more sense coming from that perspective.
So if it is my livelihood, I should be able to manipulate people?
Where above has this been mentioned?
In the serving ads as a form of getting to be paid part?
Yes
What’s crazy is that a lot of times these ads don’t even lead to real petitions. They lead to email capture forms which then opt the submitter into email advertising and grifting campaigns. That type of scam was very popular on Facebook just a couple of years ago. Facebook cracked down on it a little, but there are still plenty of examples in the wild.
Have you considered using Lemmy Connect? I’ve been very happy with it
Connect is the first app that I used for lemmy. I switched to Boost when I kept upvoting and bookmarking stuff randomly because I was swiping sideways when trying to swipe up or down. I know it can be disabled but I wanted to try something else. Boost looked nice and I like it in general but the ads are pretty noticeable when I let them through (I could block them with adguard). I understand the devs want to earn a bit and simply use Google ads but the quality and quantity is less appealing. I might buy the ad free version of Boost but I don’t like to feel pushed to do that because ads are awful, so maybe I’ll go back to Connect.
1st world problems eh…
Its not propaganda if its not made by a government
There are plenty of guns outright banned in Canada. Pretty disingenuous to claim its just a registry.
The picture is showing someone with a hunting rifle, which is not banned. Assault weapons and handguns are indeed forbidden, but guns are not blanket banned in Canada. You can still buy and shoot a hunting rifle, which this ad suggests is banned while in fact, it is not. There is a registry for those, but not a ban.
And anyway I wanted to know how to report the ad, not your opinion on the ad itself. It’s the community for Boost and I had a question on Boost, not political discussions.
The picture is showing someone with a hunting rifle, which is not banned
This Remington Model 742 chambered in .280 is a hunting rifle.
This Benelli R1 is a hunting rifle.
Both of those were on Trudeau’s list to be banned and confiscated not even a year ago.
Your own indigenous peoples were pissed off at this.
In October of 2023 the idea was brought back and expanded.
The Canadian Government is absolutely trying to ban (not registration) an entire class of firearms that does in fact include more than a few hunting rifles. People who care are once again trying to stop it…and that’s why there is an ad and that’s why it’s not “misinformation” no matter what you personally think.
I’m opposed to blanket gun bans, but I’m not sure I’d trust “The Gun Blog”as an unbiased provider of reliable information.
That said, the proposal that pissed me off the most was to ban all firearms that are capable of accepting a larger than five round magazine. You want to ban 10 round magazines, fine, I don’t need 10 rounds for my tikka. But banning my target rifle because ten rounders exist for it? Fuck right off.
Lmao you’re really upset that you don’t just have an unbroken stream of the leftist slop you usually see?
Ah, if you’re against guns you’re now a leftist.
Well considering that it just so happens to be the left that’s looking for gun control in this situation, and op is crying like a bitch that he saw a right wing ad, yes.
No it’s anyone with remotely a brain that’s looking for gun control. Being able to rub two brain cells together isn’t a matter of a political spectrum, even though sometimes the matters can overlap.
Lmao funny how you just jump to insults because your worthless position is indefensible.
Of course. Like I said before, don’t let something like facts or statistics about gun control vs gun bonanza countries crime stand in the way of your narrative. That’ll just destroy the mainstream media narrative you’re clinging to.
Lmao probably don’t talk about facts because they don’t support whatever crap you want
As a Canadian Lefitst, I just have to mention that I literally don’t hear a single person other than the LPC discuss banning/restricting guns. Pretty much everyone I know owns one, likes them, or periodically goes to the range to fire a rental. It’s not like the voters who identify as “Left” are actively discussing taking anyone’s guns away. Everyone was in shock after the NS shootings, but everyone pretty quickly realized the guns were brought in from USA and not legally procured in Canada.
