Bonus Panel

Transcript

[A man in a suit stands on stage, arms outstretched before a crowd]

Suit: And with AI we won’t need apps anymore. We’ll have a single terminal from which you can find anything you want!

[A man in the crowd shouts back]

Heckler: That used to be called the internet!

[The man on stage shouts, his arms raised in anger. His robot minions rush after the heckler, drones fly after the heckler overhead as the heckler flees]

Suit: Seize him!

[Bonus Panel: The author shouts at the stage]

Author: Bring back Memepool!

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  • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    I am not aware of any anti-advertising mechanisms available on Lemmy? That would be neat, if it were possible. 😅

    I don’t always like, or agree with, every comic that gets posted to this community, but as long as said comic follows our established rules, I see no reason to remove the comic. We as a community have established that modifying a comic (cropping or otherwise remove any attribution, especially in the name of “advertising”) is not in the best interest of the community.

    As an aside, I don’t know what Lemmy client you use, nor if it has a feature for filtering out keywords. If it does, you can filter out “SMBC” as cannedtuna has kindly tagged the comic series in the post title. If it doesn’t, it might be worth requesting that feature and/or finding a client that would allow you to do just that; filtering out unwanted posts is a really nice feature.

    If there would be any rule change, I wouldn’t be opposed to requiring adding artist/comic series tagging in post titles. And I am certainly open to having that discussion with the entire community.

    • Grimy@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      Are you opposed to having a conversation with the entire community about banning comics with ads?

      • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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        5 hours ago

        We already had that conversation. It’s rule #4.

        📽️ Credit Where Credit is Due - Comics should include the original attribution to the artist(s) involved, and be unmodified. Bonus points if you include a link back to their website. When in doubt, use a reverse image search to try to find the original version. Repeat offenders will have their posts removed, be temporarily banned from posting, or if all else fails, be permanently banned from posting. - Attributions include, but are not limited to, watermarks, links, or other text or imagery that artists add to their comics to use for identification purposes. If you find a comic without any such markings, it would be a good idea to see if you can find an original version. If one cannot be found, say so and ask the community for help!

        (emphasis mine)

        • Grimy@lemmy.world
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          5 hours ago

          Banning comics because they have aggressive ads is far different than cropping to remove attribution. Both rules can exist at the same time.

          • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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            5 hours ago

            Your argument, as it stands right now, is not compelling enough to warrant a change in a rule that the community has voted on having.

            • Grimy@lemmy.world
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              5 hours ago

              Literally the opposite of having a conversation with the community. No content with 1/4 screen ads was being posted when the rules were made.

              • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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                4 hours ago

                Let me remind you of a few things:

                1. I am allowed to disagree with any point or argument made in a discussion
                2. I am allowed to tell you when I feel your side of the argument or discussion is not compelling me in any way
                3. This conversation is still ongoing, as evidenced by any lack of comment removal, user bans, and thread locking

                I understand you feel strongly about this, and whether you believe me or not, I respect your point of view. Show me a better argument than the one you are currently presenting and change my mind*. Also, you will need to change the community’s mind too.

                ~* This is not one of those typical bad-faith “change my mind” meme references you might have seen flying around.~

          • Lumisal@lemmy.world
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            5 hours ago

            A small static banner at the end is about as unaggressive of an ad as you can get tho. And this is from someone who runs AdBlockers system and network wide.

            If you consider that aggressive then I’m afraid what happens if a tv ad shows itself to your somewhere in the wild. I imagine you immediately punch through the screen in a crazed frenzy lest the animated ad make your heart stop from the sensory overload.

                • Grimy@lemmy.world
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                  5 hours ago

                  Any smart phone is having the same view as me I’m guessing. Maybe it’s app dependent, the images take up the width of the screen on mine. Because of the ratio, the comic fits neatly in my whole phone screen, a 1/4 of it being an ad.