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wildrhythmstoday at 4:06 PM3 repliesview on HN

These news sites run ads that are borderline gore, disturbing images promoting snake oil weight loss or skin care treatments, and wonder why nobody wants to click into their site.


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ronsortoday at 4:29 PM

But I love internet chum! Don't forget "new law thing"; that's an important category.

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tencentshilltoday at 7:41 PM

That's bottom of the barrel advertisers. You're being punished because you likely don't allow them to track you.

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visargatoday at 7:43 PM

> These news sites run ads that are borderline gore, disturbing images promoting snake oil weight loss or skin care treatments

And that doesn't raise an eye brow, but well worded AI articles based on sources is described as slop