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In a voluntary market such as the internet force is not part of the equation. I the consumer choose not the suuport aggressive anti-ad-block measures. I further
by setra 10y ago
In a voluntary market such as the internet force is not part of the equation. I the consumer choose not the suuport aggressive anti-ad-block measures. I further am taking part in advocacy of removing aggressive anti-ad-block measures, or links to, sites I frequent. If someone posted links to trash you did not support you would of course not be forced to click it, but if you find a medium you enjoy frequently full of trash it would certainly be an annoyance.
- MrLeftHand 10y agoYou would be right, if hacker news would generate it's own content. But it doesn't. Hacker news itself, is free from ads. Only the shared content might have it. As I wrote, forcing people not to share certain content just flies in the face of hacker news and the free sharing of information. We can advise not to use these sites, but never restrict the freedom to do so, because in the end the ad itself is not mandatory and you can ignore it. And frankly hacker news would become forbes 2.0, but in a different way. If forbes wishes to use aggressive blocking strategies, it's their problem. They will be the ones in the end not having new readers.
- collyw 10y agoThe discussions are content.
- freehunter 10y agoHacker News is filled with ads. It's run by Y Combinator, and you'll notice there are some "articles" you can't comment on. Those are sponsored ads from Y Combinator companies. Posts made about Y Combinator companies often skyrocket right to the top as well.
- MrLeftHand 10y agoHaha, been here for quite a while now and haven't noticed these yet. Thanks for the clarification.
- DanBC 10y ago>Hacker News is filled with ads Where "filled" means there are rarely job ads. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11389835#11391805 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11389835#11391805