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Without ads, people would still put up tons of free content. Not just for the love of humanity, but also because receiving attention is a kind of power. People
by cousin_it 11y ago
Without ads, people would still put up tons of free content. Not just for the love of humanity, but also because receiving attention is a kind of power. People crave to influence what others think. As long as you have that, you can always rationalize away the lack of money.
- pc86 11y agoAnd this is certainly a generalization/assumption, but all else being equal it will probably be easier for the person with a tech blog getting 150K uniques in a month to get a job than the person without it. So even having this large block of free content can have a direct financial impact on the creator without syndication/ads/sponsors etc.
- mooreds 11y agoI have a blog that gets about 12k visits a month. I certainly don't have people beating down my door to hire me, but more that one interviewer has mentioned my blog as a plus. If you're the person known for browser compatibility tests, I can imagine that would be helpful for certain classes of jobs and consulting assignments. Note this doesn't mean that I think the author should continue posting awesome content for free. It's his life, he can do what he wants with it! If it isn't generating the required job or life satisfaction, he should definitely quit doing it.