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Ads get the number one spot and there's no clear indication besides the username? I think you can make it more obvious. Perhaps consider an alternative icon and no upvotes. Otherwise it's a bit disingenuous. Hacker news does this well enough.

I agree. Nice suggestions. This is just a pilot.

Also great job on WBD. Peter seemed to really like you.

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What about pining it in first posts ?

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We could but pinning doesn't have an API yet. It requires a "manual" database insert.

Our ultimate goal is to allow anyone to create an ad and boost is the closest expression of that that we currently have. While the current format is not ideal, we stand to learn the most from doing it this way.

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It's an interesting concept. On one hand it's no different than a boost, so let people do that on their own, no official ad account. On the other hand, you'll probably have ad blockers eventually if you diviate too much.

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My preference is to just make it a user setting. You should be free to disable ads and only get a share of the rewards imparted by ads if you interact with them.

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Appreciate that!

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alternative icon is a good idea.

i second that, had no idea it was an ad

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Second what Tony said here.

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