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Adblock/uBlock works great. If you want to experience the web as it is, then yeah I agree, it sucks. No one has really figured out how to monetize content witho

Adblock/uBlock works great. If you want to experience the web as it is, then yeah I agree, it sucks. No one has really figured out how to monetize content without ads yet because people won't pay for it, so thats where we are.

byron_fast 11y ago
I'm sure Adblock works great. I'm interested in how the web works for people who don't care about technology, and it's a nightmare. Ad-supported software or web apps are a descending staircase of user-hate. People will pay for content - but that content needs to be worth paying for.
- eevilspock 11y ago
  Byron and anyone else who agrees the web is kinda fucked: I'm working on spinning up a group or website where we can figure out where the web is broken, propose principles for a healthy web, and promote solutions by anyone or any company that adheres to those principles. Email me if you'd like to participate.
  - timdavila 11y ago
    Have you seen Maciej's "Six Fixes"? http://idlewords.com/six_fixes.htm http://idlewords.com/six_fixes.htm http://idlewords.com/talks/what_happens_next_will_amaze_you.htm http://idlewords.com/talks/what_happens_next_will_amaze_you....
- njorth 11y ago
  You'd be lucky to find 1 in 1,000 to donate money out of kindness, even if you published an entire book on the Web and continued writing on matters of interest. http://practicaltypography.com/effluents-influence-affluence.html http://practicaltypography.com/effluents-influence-affluence...
YeGoblynQueenne 11y ago
An easy solution suggests itself: abolish money. Free the web.
- AnimalMuppet 11y ago
  You may think that's an easy solution, but the side effects could be pretty severe...
  - YeGoblynQueenne 11y ago
    I would really have liked to say "replace money with x" but I have no idea what x should be. Just the fact that you're right though, that we'd have a big problem if we just got rid of money, goes to show we really, really should find a way to get rid of money. Preferably without breaking everything else in the process, of course.

byron_fast 11y ago

I'm sure Adblock works great. I'm interested in how the web works for people who don't care about technology, and it's a nightmare. Ad-supported software or web apps are a descending staircase of user-hate. People will pay for content - but that content needs to be worth paying for.

eevilspock 11y ago
Byron and anyone else who agrees the web is kinda fucked: I'm working on spinning up a group or website where we can figure out where the web is broken, propose principles for a healthy web, and promote solutions by anyone or any company that adheres to those principles. Email me if you'd like to participate.
- timdavila 11y ago
  Have you seen Maciej's "Six Fixes"? http://idlewords.com/six_fixes.htm http://idlewords.com/six_fixes.htm http://idlewords.com/talks/what_happens_next_will_amaze_you.htm http://idlewords.com/talks/what_happens_next_will_amaze_you....
njorth 11y ago
You'd be lucky to find 1 in 1,000 to donate money out of kindness, even if you published an entire book on the Web and continued writing on matters of interest. http://practicaltypography.com/effluents-influence-affluence.html http://practicaltypography.com/effluents-influence-affluence...

YeGoblynQueenne 11y ago

An easy solution suggests itself: abolish money. Free the web.

AnimalMuppet 11y ago
You may think that's an easy solution, but the side effects could be pretty severe...
- YeGoblynQueenne 11y ago
  I would really have liked to say "replace money with x" but I have no idea what x should be. Just the fact that you're right though, that we'd have a big problem if we just got rid of money, goes to show we really, really should find a way to get rid of money. Preferably without breaking everything else in the process, of course.