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127 on Jan 6, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Reddit traffic doubles in less than a year, to 2 b...

What you consider "fun" and "lighthearted" I consider a waste of space and attention. Tell me how it is logically not.

redthrowaway on Jan 6, 2012 | [–]

Clearly you aren't their target market. The "instead of an ad, here's x" pictures have proven to be fairly popular.

whatusername on Jan 6, 2012 | [–]

Because having something "fun" and "lighthearted" in the space occasionally might drive higher cpm's when they actually sell ads for the space.

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