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This is simply wrong. Most of the top 100 websites that exist are probably advertising backed, but there are thousands and millions of sites that exist without
by arca_vorago 10y ago
This is simply wrong. Most of the top 100 websites that exist are probably advertising backed, but there are thousands and millions of sites that exist without it, not to mention the fact that the internet encompasses more than just websites, like an iceberg the under net/dark net lie underneath the tiny surface most people see. Its just sad to see this forgotten on HN of all places.
- dhimes 10y agoHow do those sites make money (or otherwise stay in existence)? Serious question.
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- delegate 10y agoI know, I know. This is "the good" part of the Internet, that's why I used "most of the Internet". Since we're on the topic of 'misinformation', I just observed that a lot of tech companies (Google, Facebook, Twitter..) and most mainstream media are financed by advertising. Meaning - this is their core business. Remove advertising and we'll be left with the part of the Internet that's valuable and insightful, yet less shiny and exciting than the ad fueled hundred-billion-dollar properties on the Internet today. The point is that we consume and accept false messages in the form of ads every day, but we kind of accept it as something necessary for the Internet/Media to exist. We've reached a point were people started to accept false information about real events as something normal. Now all information sources are suspicious and that's what the fight is about.
- empath75 10y agoMost people don't even look at those sites, so I don't see why this is relevant.