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Websites can fund themselves with ads without having to track everything you do. One idea might be to tailor ads on a particular page to the content on that pag
by craftyguy 8y ago
Websites can fund themselves with ads without having to track everything you do. One idea might be to tailor ads on a particular page to the content on that page. Obviously the reader is interested in the content, else they wouldn't be right there looking at it.
- SquareWheel 8y agoI agree this is a good approach, though it's not always possible. It works great for community's like reddit which are interest-based. It isn't so helpful for news websites that cover local events.
- haskellandchill 8y agoLocal news works fine with local ads placed by an editor, sourced by some business folk, etc. I think we have engineered everything to the point where things are just worse from a pleasure perspective, though perhaps better in fiscal terms. Now we are designing ads algorithmically based on huge datasets of previous ads and some hacked together generator code. It’s getting worse.
- throwaway2048 8y agoNewspapers and TV channels have functioned for years without tracking everything you do when they use ads. The idea that we NEED tracking or the entire advertising ecosystem collapses is stupid.
- SquareWheel 8y ago>Newspapers and TV channels have functioned for years without tracking everything you do when they use ads. Different medium, different market. >The idea that we NEED tracking or the entire advertising ecosystem collapses is stupid. Nobody made that claim. I said it may increase revenue for the website, and will improve ad relevance for the end-user. This is exactly the "black and white" arguments I was talking about.