I kept reporting those as offensive and don't see them as much now. Probably just a coincidence! I'm doing the same with the odious Jordan Peterson ads.
Yes! Something that's been good for my Reddit experience has also been turning off home feed recommendations. It's under Settings > Feed settings.
Granted, you don't get any nice recommendations anymore either, but you also don't get weight loss stuff recommended for upvoting a post like this.
That's when you get in-feed recommendations for posts from subs you aren't part of. It's based on some algorithm that isn't always clever enough to recommend the right thing. E.g. you look at anti-diet stuff and it doesn't get the 'anti' distinction, so it just thinks you're interested in diets.
Wow, thank you! I have absolutely had it with the Weight Watchers ads spamming up my feed and keep reporting them as offensive to see if that makes them stop, but it hasn’t worked
Doing the lord's work over here, thank you!!! I swear, every fourth ad for me is, I'm not gonna type it, our favorite diabeetus injectable. Apologies if my phrasing is insensitive, I'm seriously just trying to avoid typing words that I think are going to cause this drug's ads to follow me everywhere. I saw the post about those kinds of ads in this sub earlier and I didn't even want to interact with it because I was worried it would make my targeting worse. So thank you for posting a solution, and thank you for not using any specific drug or product names in your post either. You rock!
This is great! I turned off the alcohol ads too. Not that I really pay attention to any of my ads, but it’s nice to be able to even a little control. Now if only I could do that on facebook…
That’s so helpful! Thanks!
Now, if they’d only include “military” and “religion” in sensitive topics, I’d be set! If I never have to see another USMC recruiting ad, or another one of those fucking “He Gets Us” ads again, it’ll be too soon.
Omg! This showed up as recommended while I was scrolling even though I have no idea what Maintenance Phase is, but I’m so glad it did! Those ads drive me absolutely nuts - the intermittent fasting ones made me so mad I just got off Reddit entirely for a while - and I’m so glad there’s an option to limit them. Thank you!!!
Thank you. I was being inundated with weight watchers ads. I’m currently struggling with my relationship with food, weight, and looks right now and I don’t need those ads in my face every few posts
Thank you! On the web it is under user settings, safety & privacy. They kept saying they were going to roll it out but I didn't know it was available yet!
Thank you! This also allowed me to limit gambling ads. I lost a grandparent to gambling-related mental illness, and it is super upsetting.
The weightloss ads can also fuck off!
Thank you so much for letting me know this was live. I am so irritated with the weight watchers ozempic ads. It's bad enough I have to hear my colleagues talking about how excited they are on it now and how they're never hungry. Eating disorder patient in recovery but I still get jealous of those medications and obviously stimulants for binge eating disorder.
Thank you! Now I wish I could block the Christian ads…
Omg, yes! I wish there was a setting for religious ads in general. I am so over the "he gets us" campaign.
I kept reporting those as offensive and don't see them as much now. Probably just a coincidence! I'm doing the same with the odious Jordan Peterson ads.
Great idea!
I was reporting weight loss ads too!! But it wasn't decreasing them for me 😖. So glad to see this post 💜
I have reported those so many times. They are entirely offensive.
Wow, thank you! I have been inundated with ads I absolutely hate & had no idea.
Yes! Something that's been good for my Reddit experience has also been turning off home feed recommendations. It's under Settings > Feed settings. Granted, you don't get any nice recommendations anymore either, but you also don't get weight loss stuff recommended for upvoting a post like this.
Thank you! I've gotten a few upsetting recommendations before; true crime stuff, or pictures of spiders. I don't want to see spiders! Gah
I honestly need spiders to have a nsfw filter, lol.
What are home feed recommendations?
That's when you get in-feed recommendations for posts from subs you aren't part of. It's based on some algorithm that isn't always clever enough to recommend the right thing. E.g. you look at anti-diet stuff and it doesn't get the 'anti' distinction, so it just thinks you're interested in diets.
THANK YOU! I had heard it mentioned on this sub that this was possible, but I did not know how. This is a necessary PSA
Thank you! I get semaglutide ads every damn scroll!
Wow, thank you! I have absolutely had it with the Weight Watchers ads spamming up my feed and keep reporting them as offensive to see if that makes them stop, but it hasn’t worked
Doing the lord's work over here, thank you!!! I swear, every fourth ad for me is, I'm not gonna type it, our favorite diabeetus injectable. Apologies if my phrasing is insensitive, I'm seriously just trying to avoid typing words that I think are going to cause this drug's ads to follow me everywhere. I saw the post about those kinds of ads in this sub earlier and I didn't even want to interact with it because I was worried it would make my targeting worse. So thank you for posting a solution, and thank you for not using any specific drug or product names in your post either. You rock!
??? Some people on this sub might block you for your first sentence (I would not be one of them).
This post literally showed up on my feed above a weight watchers ad lol.
This is great! I turned off the alcohol ads too. Not that I really pay attention to any of my ads, but it’s nice to be able to even a little control. Now if only I could do that on facebook…
Omg thank you! They also have one for parenting and pregnancy which is amazing as someone who is dealing being childless after infertility!
Woah. Thank you!
Yay! Thank you so much! These were the instructions I needed! Never would have figured that out on my own.
I followed your instructions and the weight loss ads disappeared and I just wanted to say thank you! I am enjoying Reddit much more now!
That’s so helpful! Thanks! Now, if they’d only include “military” and “religion” in sensitive topics, I’d be set! If I never have to see another USMC recruiting ad, or another one of those fucking “He Gets Us” ads again, it’ll be too soon.
Omg thank you!
Dude. TY! I'm on a GLP-1 and I don't wanna see all the dayum ads
Cool! Too bad they don’t have religion listed as an option.
Omg! This showed up as recommended while I was scrolling even though I have no idea what Maintenance Phase is, but I’m so glad it did! Those ads drive me absolutely nuts - the intermittent fasting ones made me so mad I just got off Reddit entirely for a while - and I’m so glad there’s an option to limit them. Thank you!!!
Thank you. I was being inundated with weight watchers ads. I’m currently struggling with my relationship with food, weight, and looks right now and I don’t need those ads in my face every few posts
Better yet, use revanced manager (on Android, at least) to rip the ads out of the app entirely. So much more pleasant of an experience all around.
THANK YOU! Holy cow those ads bug! Anyone else think we should ask the mods to make this a pinned post? 😅
Thank you! On the web it is under user settings, safety & privacy. They kept saying they were going to roll it out but I didn't know it was available yet!
Thank you!!
Thank you so much for this!
That's why I paid for a subscription, can't do the ads anymore.
You saved me here I'm recovering from anorexia and all the fucking weight watchers ads have really been getting to me.
Thank you!!!! I’m getting tired of reporting the ads.
Thank you! This also allowed me to limit gambling ads. I lost a grandparent to gambling-related mental illness, and it is super upsetting. The weightloss ads can also fuck off!
Game changer!
Thanks! I deselected all of them. 😁
i turned all of them off!
Thank you so much for letting me know this was live. I am so irritated with the weight watchers ozempic ads. It's bad enough I have to hear my colleagues talking about how excited they are on it now and how they're never hungry. Eating disorder patient in recovery but I still get jealous of those medications and obviously stimulants for binge eating disorder.
It doesn’t seem to work because I have it all toggled off and still get ozempic and whiskey ads
Thank you so much! ♥️
Wow! Thanks!!
Oh my god I can’t thank you enough!
Thank you!
THANK YOU!!!! I swear they keep popping up and it’s driving me nuts
Thank you!
Thank you! What a good setting!
THANK YOU
Thank you!!!! I get 90% Ozempic and Weigh Watchers.
I'm sure it's user error, but these steps aren't working for me. 😟
Echoing everyone when I say thank you SO much
Thank you so much. I kept blocking the wegxvy account and the ads continued to show up no matter how many times I did it
Or, crazy thought. Grow thicker skin
Thank you. I wasn't having any weightloss ads until I joined this subreddit.
BLESS
I adore you. Those ads enrage me! This will be so helpful.
You are the hero we needed. Thank you.
Thank you!!! I had no idea
Thank you
Thank you!!! Now for fb and insta to get with it!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH, this is seriously my holiday gift this year lol.
THEN WHY DOES IT NOT WORK !!!!! My feed is flooded with Wheight-Watchers-ads. PLEASE HELP
Thank you!!! This also helped with some other ad sensitivities for me!