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>If you produce content in the hopes of making money and you don't want to charge your only realistic option is ads. Which means you should be focusing on maki

>If you produce content in the hopes of making money and you don't want to charge your only realistic option is ads. Which means you should be focusing on making ads that people want to consume. Blocking adblockers rarely goes over well with users; few people are willing to fiddle with their adblock settings for your (easily replaceable) content.

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padseeker 11y ago
I think it's a little delusional to believe that if you just serve up the right ads people will tolerate it. There are plenty of people whose attitude is "no ads", end of story. Also you can't get better ads without learning more about each user. In other words profiling, which no one likes either.
- omginternets 11y ago
  >I think it's a little delusional to believe that if you just serve up the right ads people will tolerate it. I get your point, but I think it's symptomatic of the rigidity with which we think about ads. I'm talking more about subtle product-placement than iFrames with promotional content. Things like "sponsorships", especially when discrete and upfront, tend to go over much better than ads. >here are plenty of people whose attitude is "no ads", end of story. And that's precisely why I think I'm right. >Also you can't get better ads without learning more about each user. In other words profiling, which no one likes either. True, but pragmatically speaking, there aren't any (effective) profiling-blockers. User profiling isn't exactly a nuisance either, insofar as it doesn't degrade the usability of a service. Going after adblockers strikes me as fighting the symtoms, rather than the cause, and irritating the bulk of one's clients in the process. Either way, your problem is that your content is replaceable and people don't want ads. How is blocking users an effective remedy?

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padseeker 11y ago

I think it's a little delusional to believe that if you just serve up the right ads people will tolerate it. There are plenty of people whose attitude is "no ads", end of story. Also you can't get better ads without learning more about each user. In other words profiling, which no one likes either.

omginternets 11y ago
>I think it's a little delusional to believe that if you just serve up the right ads people will tolerate it. I get your point, but I think it's symptomatic of the rigidity with which we think about ads. I'm talking more about subtle product-placement than iFrames with promotional content. Things like "sponsorships", especially when discrete and upfront, tend to go over much better than ads. >here are plenty of people whose attitude is "no ads", end of story. And that's precisely why I think I'm right. >Also you can't get better ads without learning more about each user. In other words profiling, which no one likes either. True, but pragmatically speaking, there aren't any (effective) profiling-blockers. User profiling isn't exactly a nuisance either, insofar as it doesn't degrade the usability of a service. Going after adblockers strikes me as fighting the symtoms, rather than the cause, and irritating the bulk of one's clients in the process. Either way, your problem is that your content is replaceable and people don't want ads. How is blocking users an effective remedy?