Well the nutella one wasnt originally…

The Cinnamon challenge.

I took the ads out because even though it isnt a career (music is a serious hobby, you might say) there was push back against putting your own music on the platform. “No self promotion” was a general rule iirc. A few subs kind of let it happen but they were rare.

The dashboard was indeed shit. It had all the wrong details and choices for someone like me.

I would have done an AMA but I’m just a bloke, LOL! And yes I agree - the users are anti-ad. Not sure how a site like that floats, financially. Can only imagine there is corp or Government money secretly going in (as we found out years after Google started up).

Didnt work out for Cinnamon 😂

Well I was on google streetview giving their camera the finger, LOL!

Those types of ads have been there since near the start. Its been confusing people for years. All that will happen is the popular non-ad posts will get accused of being paid for.

I took ads out on Reddit years ago just to see if I could promote my music. It did less than zero and actively dragged me into a load of shit on various subs of interests I had. People there refused to talk to me, and told others not to.

Reddit is toxic. I avoid the site. Or better still maybe people should just spam it with irelevant shit

Reminds me of the woman that got a fine for “driving in a bus lane” here in the UK. When she looked at the attached image on the fine it was of a woman walking in the street of a town she’d never been to. On that woman’s jumper was lettering that closely resembled her plates.

Made me think I could attach a sheet of card with the plate details of some arsehole I disliked, ride a bicycle down the bus lane and see if they start complaining about being fined. 😅

TBH its always on the radio here in the UK, just not Radio 1 which is a chart station.

I think she’d have gotten away with it had it also been 70 years between the tragedy and the performance, though…

Prolly her most famous song.

I’ve literally been doing this* since 2021

*again

Sings: “Did I tell you lately, that I’m neutral…!”

Zapp: What makes a man turn neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?

That’ll pay for the fuel there…

I have one still. The 124mb one I think. Its how I load samples onto my old Emu e5000 rack sampler. Havent used it in years though. Hopefully it still works.

Might be worth heeding with anything else sensitive too. Like bank details, emails etc. Dont dox yourself.

The guy is 75. He deserves a bit of a bloody rest.

I’ve literally waved the money at them and said “do you want this or not??!! The stop talking and sell me what I want.” Not in the Apple store but Currys here in the UK.

I remember the private company taking over our little staff restaurant in the hospital years ago. And then the “talks” we received for not “upselling” to vulnerable old ladies who had clearly just lost their husband.