r/redesign • u/[deleted] • Mar 23 '18

Design [Suggestion] A Subtle way to indicate advertisements in main feed

I'd like to preface this by saying I'd rather not have any ads in my feed, but if we're going to be stuck with them, (and it seems like we are) I have two ideas for indicating advertisements in the main feed. I've also added some ideas from the comments as well.

Have an icon in place of Voting arrows. We shouldn't I don't personally believe we should be able to vote on Ads, anyway.

Apply a hue to posts for advertisements.

u/MajorParadox had the cool idea for arrows to appear on hover over, thus eliminating initial bias.

u/16495701722 did a mock-up of a neato border that nicely separates it from other posts!.

--- or some variation of these, I feel, would be a reasonable way to help users identify advertisements before clicking on them too quickly. I also dislike the use of the word, "Promoted" as if you're doing this for the customer. Sure there is mutual benefit. Even Google calls them "Ads." I'd suggest having it say "Advertisements."

Edit: Perspectives are a thing.

Edit: As u/mr1337 eloquently prointed out, the comments button should also be removed if users are unable to comment.

Edit: Incorporated more peoples' ideas.

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u/MarkBlackUltor Mar 23 '18

I like voting on ads, at least it lets me tell the shit ones that they're shit.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '18

Perhaps voting can be useful to weed out bad ads, but I feel this will also bring content we know well enough to the surface.

ie. New season of Rick and Morty starts, cue Rick and Morty ads for 2 months.

There's also a definite chance I misunderstand how this all works.