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> It responds to every single business "I'm interested in all your products". This is unwarranted wishful thinking. Clicking an ad doesn't necessarily imply in

by pdkl95 10y ago

> It responds to every single business "I'm interested in all your products". This is unwarranted wishful thinking. Clicking an ad doesn't necessarily imply interest. > generates some costs Yes. Hitting businesses in their profits is one of the only communication methods some businesses listen to.

viraptor 10y ago
> Clicking an ad doesn't necessarily imply interest. I believe this is actually the only thing that a real honest click on the ad indicates. What else would it do? > Hitting businesses in their profits It's also illegal in other ways. Racketeering idea would potentially apply here - you're making the company pay to get rid of problem (meaningless clicks) which wouldn't exist if you didn't run the extension.
- garblegarble 10y ago
  >Racketeering idea would potentially apply here - you're making the company pay to get rid of problem (meaningless clicks) which wouldn't exist if you didn't run the extension. As I understand it, racketeering requires that a company is offering a (paid) solution to a problem they are responsible for - so it'd be racketeering if the makers of the extension sold a product to detect and filter out the fake clicks, for example.
- mrgoldenbrown 10y ago
  >I believe this is actually the only thing that a real honest click on the ad indicates. What else would it do? Most of my clicks on ads are mistakes. Ads that finish rendering after I've started reading the page, causing the window to jump around, resulting in a misplaced click. Or ads that have such a tiny "Close" button that it's impossible to click on a phone. Those are all honest, non fraudulent clicks that do not indicate interest on my part. I don't feel bad at all if this gives the advertiser the wrong idea.
- ryandrake 10y ago
  > you're making the company pay to get rid of problem (meaningless clicks) which wouldn't exist if you didn't run the extension. The company that chose to display ads in the first place? Who is the root cause of the problem here, exactly?

by pdkl95 10y ago

viraptor 10y ago

> Clicking an ad doesn't necessarily imply interest. I believe this is actually the only thing that a real honest click on the ad indicates. What else would it do? > Hitting businesses in their profits It's also illegal in other ways. Racketeering idea would potentially apply here - you're making the company pay to get rid of problem (meaningless clicks) which wouldn't exist if you didn't run the extension.

garblegarble 10y ago
>Racketeering idea would potentially apply here - you're making the company pay to get rid of problem (meaningless clicks) which wouldn't exist if you didn't run the extension. As I understand it, racketeering requires that a company is offering a (paid) solution to a problem they are responsible for - so it'd be racketeering if the makers of the extension sold a product to detect and filter out the fake clicks, for example.
mrgoldenbrown 10y ago
>I believe this is actually the only thing that a real honest click on the ad indicates. What else would it do? Most of my clicks on ads are mistakes. Ads that finish rendering after I've started reading the page, causing the window to jump around, resulting in a misplaced click. Or ads that have such a tiny "Close" button that it's impossible to click on a phone. Those are all honest, non fraudulent clicks that do not indicate interest on my part. I don't feel bad at all if this gives the advertiser the wrong idea.
ryandrake 10y ago
> you're making the company pay to get rid of problem (meaningless clicks) which wouldn't exist if you didn't run the extension. The company that chose to display ads in the first place? Who is the root cause of the problem here, exactly?