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Let's say two sites, A and B host similar content. The end user cannot see some content on site A because of adblock detection but he can see it on site B, he
by moonchrome 11y ago
Let's say two sites, A and B host similar content.
The end user cannot see some content on site A because of adblock detection but he can see it on site B, he down votes the link of site A on sharing networks, he asks for a policy banning or advocates against linking to site A because content can be found on B.
I've seen this play out many times, and at that point you're not just losing traffic from ad block clients you're losing traffic overall, have people actively promote your competitors and earn a bad rep (and that rep might not even be objective - in general if people remember anything it will be "don't use A" not the "why" of it)
- jinst8gmi 11y agoPerhaps we should add [adwall] to links similar to the way we include [paywall]?
- eva1984 11y agoThis won't work once more and more sites join the adwall band.
- moonchrome 11y agoCartel members always have incentives to cheat - if one site can become popular by not ad-walling like 90% of them do and regurgitate the content of 90% they will do it and disregard "the big picture" especially considering the low barriers to entry. They have no enforcement mechanism to keep everyone honest - the only way this sort of thing works is if you "outlaw" non-ad-walled sites - something like google not listing those sites - otherwise not happening.
- eva1984 11y agoA restaurant cannot beat other restaurants by making its meal free to all.
- _Understated_ 11y agoNo, but it can by offering better service, better food, better decor etc.
- eva1984 11y agoBut customer needs to pay
- JulianMorrison 11y agoSomeone needs to pay in a society where a restaurant owner needs money to eat. But that someone doesn't have to be the customer, doesn't have to be every customer - and the economy might not be structured to require anyone to pay for things, in which case both the restaurant and the customers get everything without money. (Why would people work there? Maybe vocation or hospitality, maybe they wouldn't and robots would instead.)
- eva1984 11y agoOh, good dreams...
- Etheryte 11y agoI would say just the reverse, this will work more and more.
- eva1984 11y agoUnder what scenario?