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0 pointsvel0city9mo ago0 comments

> I think if you take ads away from the internet, you'll also take away a lot of the bullshit and inaccurate or misleading information

Just a gut feeling, but I doubt it. You'll still get a lot of bullshit inaccurate/misleading information, just only pushed by those with the budgets to keep pushing it.

Right-wing podcasters that take money from the Russian government to spread disinformation[0] will still get their checks even if their supplement sponsorships get outlawed.

You can take away all of Alex Jones' money and he'll still find some way to put his nonsense out there.

[0] https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/two-rt-employees-ind...

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somerandom24079mo ago

Sure, you'll never get rid of all misleading information; however, without advertising the volume of shit will reduce radically, as much of the modern internet is built around profiteering and get rich quick schemes (influencers), which breed swathes of hopeful emulators.

I think most sensible people are quite competent at ignoring the bullshit, so I would love it if there was less bullshit to wade through to get to the nuggets of useful information which are out there. For those too stupid to look past misleading information, there's no helping them anyway.

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