I'm not sure that educating readers would be that difficult if you cater to a well-cultured audience, personally I like the approach of Smashing Magazine when y

I'm not sure that educating readers would be that difficult if you cater to a well-cultured audience, personally I like the approach of Smashing Magazine when you use an ad blocker: http://i.imgur.com/YpuvdlX.png http://i.imgur.com/YpuvdlX.png If I ran a blog I would include the same element, some wording like "you know, creating quality content requires more effort than spewing clickbait, mind leaving us a tip to let us know that you appreciate our efforts?" and a flattr button. Although your idea sounds like a good starting point for a website which caters to a massive audience (basically, every news website).