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Okay y’all, it’s time… ads are coming to the Game Dev Feed. See the quoted thread for the original community discussion on the topic. Now let’s talk about what it’s gonna look like, and what options you have to get out of it. 🧵

First, I’m sticking to my original promises. Any ads I allow into the feed will be either… 1) Targeted and directly relevant to game devs; OR 2) Broadly relevant and for a good cause, e.g. charity. Ads will also be identifiable. They'll have #ad, #sponsored, or #promotion in the skeet.

The other promise is that I’ll never allow ads to overrun the feed. At the absolute maximum, ads will saturate 5% of the feed (~1 ad in 20 skeets). More often, I’ll keep it closer to 1% (1 ad in 100 skeets).

You may have seen some ads running in the feed already. Those skeets from @graze.social talking about this feed being run on Graze? Ads. FWIW, building feeds with Graze is great, and feeds are the heart of Bluesky. Seems relevant to me. 😉

The most imminent campaign is from @unicefusa.org. UNICEF is such a worthy cause, and they’re trying to grow awareness of their presence on Bluesky thru a partnership with feed creators on Graze. I’m excited to be able to support them. ❤️

Now, Trezy gotta eat... but nobody likes ads. If you want to opt out of ads entirely, you can do so by supporting me on Patreon! The subscription removes all ads from the feed, returning to raw game dev content. The upside is that you'll be helping me out way more than the ads will. ❤️

If you wanna support the feed, you can do so on Patreon. If you're already supporting the feed on Ko-fi, make sure to move your sub over to Patreon to get ads removed! Check the quoted skeet for links.