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		scotty79 on May 17, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Downfall of DeviantArt > It meant that we could not run ads from the "reputable" ad networks [...] It's funny how significant percent of Facebook ads I see are an outright scam, phishing etc. It's been like that for years.

20after4 on May 17, 2024 [–]

Back in 2012 there was a very large gap between the quality of ads on Google AdSense vs. all of the other options. DeviantArt was banned from using google adsense and thus had to run ads much more similar to the crap you see on Facebook these days.

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