Source: https://xcancel.com/dshiatt/status/1840822267737162237

Obviously just damage control but they do seem to be “fixing it”. They must’ve accidentally implemented a feature to get and show image from the newest news post (which is often an ad), accidentally tested and vetted that feature, and accidentally pushed it.

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    2 months ago

    Ah yes it’s always a bug after massive community backlash. If there wasn’t much, it’d have been a test, and if there wasn’t any, it was always intended.

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    Don’t you hate it when there is a bug in your code that magically attracts ads? They just appear without warning or reason.

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    I love when people say it was a bug.

    Yeah bugs happen.

    Bugs don’t program themselves to do a specific function, that’s just called a function (language depending.)

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    i yearn for a day where these consumer (yes, not customers) stop spreading their cheeks willingly when these corps get ready with a purple destroyer

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    you don’t get entire functional UI elements accurately populated with appropriate data out of a “bug”. at best its a feature that was being tested internally and never would have made it past that, at worst its something that went live early.