>This could hurt small startups that are very carefully managing an ad budget. I'm all for helping fellow startuppers, but no part of me feels that startups th

>This could hurt small startups that are very carefully managing an ad budget. I'm all for helping fellow startuppers, but no part of me feels that startups that buy ads are an endangered species worth nurturing. The whole ad model leaves the world worse off, and it sucks that startups are left with no option but to participate in it.