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Meta Consider excluding your ‘Contests, Critique’ category from ads?

I just saw this ad on another Codidact: It gave me a good chuckle, but maybe isn't the clearest messaging for newcomers. My understanding is that moderators can exclude certain categories of que...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by r~~‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar r~~‭ · 2021-02-10T03:17:23Z (almost 4 years ago)
  • I just saw this ad on another Codidact:
  • ![Could you answer this question? 2021 - February - Clouds (Photography & Video, photography.codidact.com)](https://photography.codidact.com/ca/posts/280725.png)
  • It gave me a good chuckle, but maybe isn't the clearest messaging for newcomers. My understanding is that moderators can exclude certain categories of question from these ad boxes—I propose doing so for this category.
  • Or, maybe one of the mods here wants to raise a feature request to Codidact Meta for having more control over the ‘Could you answer this question?’ text, if these contests are a core part of your community that you do want to advertise?
  • I just saw this ad on another Codidact:
  • ![Could you answer this question? 2021 - February - Clouds (Photography & Video, photography.codidact.com)](https://photography.codidact.com/ca/posts/280725.png)
  • It gave me a good chuckle, but maybe isn't the clearest messaging for newcomers. My understanding is that moderators can exclude certain categories of question from these ad boxes—I propose doing so for this category.
  • <s>Or, maybe one of the mods here wants to raise a feature request to Codidact Meta for having more control over the ‘Could you answer this question?’ text, if these contests are a core part of your community that you do want to advertise?</s> [(apparently this is already a thing)](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/280055)
#1: Initial revision by user avatar r~~‭ · 2021-02-10T02:06:57Z (almost 4 years ago)
Consider excluding your ‘Contests, Critique’ category from ads?
I just saw this ad on another Codidact:

![Could you answer this question? 2021 - February - Clouds (Photography & Video, photography.codidact.com)](https://photography.codidact.com/ca/posts/280725.png)

It gave me a good chuckle, but maybe isn't the clearest messaging for newcomers. My understanding is that moderators can exclude certain categories of question from these ad boxes—I propose doing so for this category.

Or, maybe one of the mods here wants to raise a feature request to Codidact Meta for having more control over the ‘Could you answer this question?’ text, if these contests are a core part of your community that you do want to advertise?