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What is an Ad wall? You mean the showed an ad you could have easily avoided with half the time you used in creating this outline link? Journalism, especially,
by yesplorer 7y ago
What is an Ad wall?
You mean the showed an ad you could have easily avoided with half the time you used in creating this outline link?
Journalism, especially, local journalism should be supported if we don't want listicles to dominate.
The website isn't subscription based. No need to click on their ad, but no need to actively encourage others to avoid it.
- tomrod 7y agoAn ad wall is something that prevents viewing of content without removing an adblocker, typically operating as a soft pay wall. Ads have turned into target vectors for malicious payloads, and as such are reasonable to keep blocked especially for unsophisticated sites that may not have invested in any sort of ad monitoring security, akin to keeping one's shoes on in a public location. The analogous grass may look appealing to the bare foot, but may also contain a used needle, broken glass, or other unpleasantries.
- glenneroo 7y ago> Journalism, especially, local journalism should be supported if we don't want listicles to dominate. The Guardian recently proved that it's possible to do journalism without "ad-walls": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19799893 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19799893