Slightly irritated for the following reasons:
1.) The ad and graphic from Chess.com's news story on 5D Chess were designed to look like official chess.com features-- it is not. This has fooled me twice now. Shame on me.
2.) Based on the news story and the prominent location of the ad, I can't help but think Chess.com is either complicit or at the very least aware that the ad was designed to mislead users into clicking a link that would take them away from Chess.com.
3.) As a paying member, I'm not sure why I'm seeing the ad to begin with (adding to my confusion and wishful thinking that this was a new feature)
Does anyone else think this is manipulative or am I overreacting?
https://support.chess.com/article/559-i-am-a-premium-member-why-am-i-seeing-ads
From there: Please note that all members will occasionally see relevant (chess-related) advertising on the Chess.com main page.
Premium members will not see ads on any other Chess.com pages.
I'm pretty sure I saw somewhere, maybe Twitter or Facebook, that the company behind the game is sponsoring Pogchamps
Slightly irritated for the following reasons:
1.) The ad and graphic from Chess.com's news story on 5D Chess were designed to look like official chess.com features-- it is not. This has fooled me twice now. Shame on me.
2.) Based on the news story and the prominent location of the ad, I can't help but think Chess.com is either complicit or at the very least aware that the ad was designed to mislead users into clicking a link that would take them away from Chess.com.
3.) As a paying member, I'm not sure why I'm seeing the ad to begin with (adding to my confusion and wishful thinking that this was a new feature)
Does anyone else think this is manipulative or am I overreacting?