[justmedep]

About 50% of their sponsors are gambling websites. So sad.

[firecall]

I hate gambling ads and casinos.

But I reckon in this case, if I had to guess, I think maybe it's an external or internal developer that's making lots of Casino websites. Maybe they work for a group that owns all those brands?

Surely it can't be individual casinos, where Bullma is big in the Casino website development space and has grown in that sector by word of mouth!? LOL

[Averave]

I've seen other open source projects with tons of gambling sponsors, it's not just Bulma. My guess is that it's a relatively cheap way to get links for SEO.

[Semaphor]

It’s rather common for mid-sized OSS projects to have a lot of gambling sponsors for the links. Cheaper than ads.

[creata]

Do they sponsor just for the SEO (getting your website mentioned on a frequently-visited website) or is there more to it?

[afavour]

Usually it’s because the company uses the software in question and wants to ensure it sticks around.

In this instance it feels a little weird. No good reason why a CSS framework would be particularly suited for gambling site operations, you may be right that it’s an SEO play.

[xaerise]

Most common are that multiple gambling sites are own by one company. So if the company sponsors, you can put multiple brands on (and for SEO purposes).

[theressadder]

No. There's sadder.

Some of those are sellers of fake likes/follows on social media.

[sumnole]

Don't discount Bulma because of this though. It's quite a joy to use.

[chimen]

because it has follow links im there. It's a SEO spam.

[thunderbong]

Why is it sad?

[iwontberude]

Hard to see how casinos are much more exploitative than Silicon Valley social media companies. And they sponsor lots of tech.