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forgottenpass ◴[29 Sep 15 19:15 UTC] No.10298769[source]▶
In light of this, what about the submissions that don't allow comments?

I've never really understood what those are in the first place, and am curious what they'll be following this statement of editorial independence. Are those advertisements dang does and will continue to pick and choose? Not that I really care, but they've always seemed a bit out of place.

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1. firebones ◴[29 Sep 15 19:25 UTC] No.10298847[source]▶
Not that I am a proponent of ads or sponsored content, but a crazy experiment just occurred to me: a steeply discounted sponsored ad filter/section with the same upvote/downvote rules as the rest of the site (but still no comments). The advertiser faces the risk of wasting money by inappropriately targeting the community's interests. Potentially higher engagement because if you give users the right to express an up/down opinion, they're going to do it whether it is advertising or not, so at least they're viewing the ads. The scoring is all relative, so even if 80% of the people down vote out of principle, the better and more interesting ads will still percolate to the top.