• BB_C@programming.dev
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    6 months ago

    This is effective advertisement, not a donation. A real ad (with a campaign) would probably have cost much more, and wouldn’t continue to be propagated for free months after the ad campaign is over, like this peace of news.

    This type of ad is also much harder to filter/block, since not only it appears to be site-native, but also topic-native.

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      6 months ago

      Just like the random Sponsor drop to get more folks enrolled in their donation system so they can skim more off the top of the transaction.