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There's nothing stopping people from continuing this either. There are myriad ways to promote your own creations. In fact there was a recently promoted site c
by BlackRing 7y ago
There's nothing stopping people from continuing this either. There are myriad ways to promote your own creations.
In fact there was a recently promoted site called https://1mb.site/ https://1mb.site/ which allowed a small free website. If you hotlink your images from your own https://imgur.com https://imgur.com account, you can have a relatively easy site.
- anoncake 7y ago> There's nothing stopping people from continuing this either. Yes, there is. If you make it easier to monetize, people who would otherwise have shared their creations freely put them behind paywalls or force their visitors to subject themselves to advertisement.
- BlackRing 7y agoI disagree. Technical ease has nothing to do with monetization and it's extremely easy to set up.
- anoncake 7y agoTechnical ease of monetization has nothing to do with monetization? Also, something technical can be extremely easy for the average HN reader and practically impossible for most people.
- BlackRing 7y agoDo you realize how easy it is to set up a facebook page, wordpress or blogger blog? Tons of non-technical people have done and continue to do this. This isn't about your average HN reader but the general public and they're competent enough to do these things by themselves, which has already been proven.
- anoncake 7y agoI did not realize you can monetize a facebook page.
- BlackRing 7y agoYou seem to be stuck on the idea that it's about money, and it's not. My entire argument isn't that it can be monetized easily (https://www.facebook.com/help/publisher/321041698514182 https://www.facebook.com/help/publisher/321041698514182 it can) but that there are dozens of EASY ways to publish things and do so freely. It's literally dead simple.
- anoncake 7y agoNow you're claiming that monetization has nothing to do with money. Ridiculous. If you make monetization hard, people will freely share their works. If you make it easy, they will monetize them. Monetizing is easier than it used to be, stopping people from sharing freely. That shouldn't be hard to understand.
- BlackRing 7y agoNo, go back and read my comments again. Stop debating something I didn't bring up and trying to push an irrelevant point of view.