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    The staff has commented that "You don't need to use that space" in the question. I appreciate that this answer has made it clear that the problem is not "this space" or "that space". The problem is that having your product associated with a platform that pushes for deceptive ads and disregards community consensus is just not considered a positive thing to begin with. Commented Dec 17, 2025 at 8:56
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    Appreciate the point of view! You're misrepresenting my ask, as I wasn't inviting you to think about this proposal in a vacuum, and the opening of my comment you point to makes that evident enough, I think. More to the point: are you really of the opinion that this shouldn't even be an option that communities can use, or not, then? I understand your points of view surrounding native ads, and how that impacts this initiative, but isn't not going ahead with even creating the possibility that communities might choose to use (or ignore!) this program throwing the baby out with the bathwater? Commented Dec 17, 2025 at 12:13
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    @JNat Yes, this shouldn't be an option. Investing company and/or community resources on developing, curating, and managing this is wasteful as long as the advertising elements are being ruined and feedback on multiple initiatives is being ignored. Solve real problems instead. Commented Dec 17, 2025 at 13:25
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    This feels like a gimmick to improve community sentiment about ads in general, after the deeply unpopular native ads announcement. Commented Dec 24, 2025 at 20:47