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		Cthulhu_ on March 7, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult follow... It's a gray area - where do you draw the line between reporting on a cult and advertising a product? Is http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-39158975 an advert for that site? Is http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170303-we-should-thank-bu... an advert for Buffy? Is http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39188826 an advert for the arms industry?

spacehunt on March 7, 2017 [–]

I got a full screen ad that couldn't be closed when trying to visit the link in Firefox for Android.

djhworld on March 7, 2017 | [–]

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