In fact it is not necessary to come into this community to see this discussion. Choosing All and Top six hours is enough to see this discussion as the fifth result on the first page. You can´t really blame people for joining in and stating their opinion, which is not trolling. Also, Dipshit is correct, lemmy does not have ads unless you use a client that has. Like it or not, Dipshit is right.

When something comes up in my feed and I have comments to add, I add them. I didn’t seek this community out, nor am I badmouthing them. Devs gotta get paid, and if they want to add ads, so be it - users may not like it but the devs are free to do so.

though, if ads are desired, maybe don’t just allow self-serve ads without any kind of review. or programmatic ads, or image ads, well, i mean, this is what we open ourselves up to when we include ads, right?