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There are ads on HN (the "xyz is hiring", and I suspect a non-zero number of articles posted/promoted to the front page are paid ads made to look like content.
by craftyguy 8y ago
There are ads on HN (the "xyz is hiring", and I suspect a non-zero number of articles posted/promoted to the front page are paid ads made to look like content.
- AdamM12 8y agoOk so how's that work for a news site? Don't they need some kind of tracking to get relevant info on what their users are interested in?
- craftyguy 8y agoYou can gauge user interest by, for example, counting page views. You don't need to fingerprint users, create a catalog of all articles they view, try to guess their interest in certain topics using "AI", and do all the other absurdity that they think they "need" to do now.
- AdamM12 8y agoIMO you could just go to another site that doesn't. To each their own.
- true_religion 8y agoThe hiring ads are not external ads. HN is 100% a marketing and PR tool to generate good will amongst developers, and startup founders. If it ever starts to not benefit ycombinator, then the aite goes away.