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> How are those people on said websites (and almost any other medium) supposed to make money? 1. Have less annoying ads that respect the user. 2. Charge money

by eiaoa 8y ago

> How are those people on said websites (and almost any other medium) supposed to make money? 1. Have less annoying ads that respect the user. 2. Charge money. 3. Some novel funding model that's unexplored because obnoxious ads dominate everything and suck all the air out of the room.

lanewinfield 8y ago
Let me preface this by a large percentage of people in advertising are not creating #1. BUT: 1. That's fair, but it takes time and talent to create these. 2. Clearly that isn't working; see almost any news site in existence 3. This is a hope, and a nice one. https://scroll.com/ https://scroll.com/
- anigbrowl 8y ago
  3. OK they have a different business model and lots of content partners, but they won't tell you what it is, just invite you to sign up. I'm guessing it involves monetizing email addresses. If this content free proposition is your idea of a nice prospect, what is it based on? Anyone can say they have laudable goals, like beauty contestants who aspire to bring about world peace and end hunger. Perhaps they're just saying nice things without any real capability or intention to deliver?
TremendousJudge 8y ago
you know, sometimes I wonder how the internet would look like today if every time you loaded content from a server some money would automatically go their way (a tiny payment compensating for server time of sorts)
- viraptor 8y ago
  That's similar to what https://flattr.com/ https://flattr.com/ tried. (You could set it to auto-pay visited pages)
- walshemj 8y ago
  Ah the PRESTEL / Dialcom model pay per page and or minute *narrator voice" it didn't turn out well- I should know I was there if you don believe me ask Vint Cerf
- Nasrudith 8y ago
  I suspect even worse. People would be less willing to try new things with an upfront cost while clickbait would be even more incentivized as they don't even have to worry about not offending advertisers.

by eiaoa 8y ago

lanewinfield 8y ago

Let me preface this by a large percentage of people in advertising are not creating #1. BUT: 1. That's fair, but it takes time and talent to create these. 2. Clearly that isn't working; see almost any news site in existence 3. This is a hope, and a nice one. https://scroll.com/ https://scroll.com/

anigbrowl 8y ago
3. OK they have a different business model and lots of content partners, but they won't tell you what it is, just invite you to sign up. I'm guessing it involves monetizing email addresses. If this content free proposition is your idea of a nice prospect, what is it based on? Anyone can say they have laudable goals, like beauty contestants who aspire to bring about world peace and end hunger. Perhaps they're just saying nice things without any real capability or intention to deliver?

TremendousJudge 8y ago

you know, sometimes I wonder how the internet would look like today if every time you loaded content from a server some money would automatically go their way (a tiny payment compensating for server time of sorts)

viraptor 8y ago
That's similar to what https://flattr.com/ https://flattr.com/ tried. (You could set it to auto-pay visited pages)
walshemj 8y ago
Ah the PRESTEL / Dialcom model pay per page and or minute *narrator voice" it didn't turn out well- I should know I was there if you don believe me ask Vint Cerf
Nasrudith 8y ago
I suspect even worse. People would be less willing to try new things with an upfront cost while clickbait would be even more incentivized as they don't even have to worry about not offending advertisers.