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Ads don't suck. Bad ads suck. I love good ads. I used to wait for ads to appear on my Garena client back in the days when I played DOTA because they were so co
by gits1225 8y ago
Ads don't suck. Bad ads suck. I love good ads.
I used to wait for ads to appear on my Garena client back in the days when I played DOTA because they were so cool (and useful).
If I know my audience, I don't have to compromise privacy to show useful ads clean and neat either (watertight curation is applied here as well).
Good ads are relevant.
On amazon affiliates:
The iron rule of nature is: You get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor — Charlie Munger
I don't want to reward the wrong type of behavior.
- sanderjd 8y agoI don't get your point about affiliate links at all. What better ad is there than a link to a recommended book itself? I'd much rather see you get a small portion of the purchase price of a book you recommended to me than look at your ads, curated or not. But it's your site! I hope you do find success with the ad strategy, your site seems useful, and I hope it remains worth your time.
- gits1225 8y agoThis comment puts it well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17789161 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17789161.
- sanderjd 8y agoYou have the same incentive to prioritize ads over recommendations. If I trust you to keep ads clearly separated, I also trust you to keep recommendations undiluted.
- gits1225 8y ago> You have the same incentive to prioritize ads over recommendations. No. > If I trust you to keep ads clearly separated, I also trust you to keep recommendations undiluted. True. I am the one curator at the moment. I'll open this so that others can curate / recommend. I require that dilution of intention doesn't happen then. DNA is important.
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