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Old Feb 19, 2021 | 12:02 pm
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Originally Posted by IBJoel
Now that you've seen one, do you think you could glance at a thread index and notice the ones that are ads?
the blue "Sponsored" (circled in screenshot above) is a pretty good clue :/

checking random airline boards a few minutes ago, I saw that same ad in **ALL** of them; also a "Top Credit Card Redemptions" ad on the AmEx and Chase boards


again, I understand the advertising business model, but this implementation really detracts from the value of the site as a whole
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