Ask HN: New ad-blocker message on Facebook– are my friends being held hostage?

by thrusongon 10/12/2022, 10:06:16 PM with 3 comments
  • by josephcsibleon 10/12/2022, 11:02:27 PM

    I wouldn't be surprised in the least if Facebook started wrapping a random 10% of your friends' posts in <div class="bannerAd"> or something like it for the sole purpose of making your experience worse and being able to truthfully say this.

  • by slateron 10/12/2022, 10:12:09 PM

    I bet FB has noticed that 1) people want to see more posts from the folks they follow, not brands, and 2) lots of people are using adblockers.

    More a scare tactic than anything else.

  • by maverick74on 10/15/2022, 1:20:18 PM

    Let's just all keep on pressing that "don't have an ADblocker? Report an issue" link on the bottom of the first screenshot