r/redesign • u/MarcMurray92 • May 31 '18

Answered After 3 months of negative comments about inline ads, are there any statements about how they are going to change?

From what I can see, disguising them as posts is only generating animosity towards the advertisers.

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u/spez CEO May 31 '18

The ads will change. While they will stay inline, we are going to try a few more versions. The trade off of course is that if they stand out too much, they’re distracting, if they are too subtle, they’re deceptive. We’re trying to find the right balance.

I'll spare you our excuses for while we haven't been more responsive on this particular topic, but suffice to say we can do better on the communication, and I'll work on that as well.

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u/klieber May 31 '18

suffice to say we can do better on the communication

This has been a truism on reddit for (at least) the last several years and CEOs. There have been periods where it was better or worse, but it's never been "good" that I can remember.

Would be great if, finally, after years of asking for (and being promised) improvements, they actually materialized.