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    I'm tempted to put a bounty on the merch shop idea. Commented Dec 9, 2025 at 1:20
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    @JourneymanGeek I'm honestly surprised they haven't done this already. And all it would take is partnering with one of the various online services that can print tees, hats, mugs, etc. Commented Dec 9, 2025 at 1:44
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    Considering the average medium sized youtuber seems to manage it, I'm a little surprised how hard its been for them to work it out. Commented Dec 9, 2025 at 2:18
  • Perhaps you got it backwards about the ignored tags, friend. If you ‘re looking for C# questions, and you get the add about Python, then the add will be easier to ignore. That’s a good thing for you. Commented Dec 9, 2025 at 17:00
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    @Robotnik Re: the blocked tag portion, I do have an answer for that from the mod preview post - "At launch, confirmed you'd still see the ad. For after initial launch, it may get blocked, but unlikely due to limitations on the amount of data sent via the ad request. Since you brought it up though, it's now part of the conversation." Commented Dec 9, 2025 at 18:08
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    @NickAlexeev I have said it before at some point, but I am not against ads, in general, I dislike ads that are animated, that are irrelevant, that displace the content of the page (why I'm against this particular incarnation), or that try to trick the user or pretend to be something theyre not (fake download buttons etc). Ads that are thoughtful, relevant in context, and constructive/helpful? Good! Great even! Commented Dec 9, 2025 at 21:44
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    @Dalmarus Someone saying that ad filtering is unlikely due to "limitations on the amount of data" has to be one of the funniest things I've read in awhile. Commented Dec 11, 2025 at 15:58
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    I got a moderator hat once upon a time that got lost in a move. Wish I could get that back! Commented Dec 12, 2025 at 19:41
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    “"Tricking" users into reading the ads by disguising them as questions is probably about as shady as you can get, short of placing unmoderated spam on the site.” — But disguising ads as questions in the way suggested here is placing unmoderated spam on the site, just of a kind that users can’t easily vote/flag to get rid of (so actually a lot worse than regular unmoderated spam). Commented Dec 15, 2025 at 16:16
  • @JourneymanGeek blatant management incompetence. Commented Dec 17, 2025 at 13:12