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Techcrunch redirects me to guce.advertising.com, is there an alternative link? Edit: Oh apparently it's just this paragraph (found it on about.fb.com): > “We

Techcrunch redirects me to guce.advertising.com, is there an alternative link? Edit: Oh apparently it's just this paragraph (found it on about.fb.com): > “We are working closely together on COVID-19 response efforts. We’re helping millions of people stay connected while also jointly combating fraud and misinformation about the virus, elevating authoritative content on our platforms, and sharing critical updates in coordination with government healthcare agencies around the world. We invite other companies to join us as we work to keep our communities healthy and safe.”

aembleton 7y ago
I had to whitelist guce.advertising.com. Couldn't find any way around it.
- close04 7y ago
  The way I approached this was to avoid anything that has to do with techcrunch. I am more than happy to read the comments on such postings but no way in hell am I clicking on that intentional dumpster fire of trackers, advertisement, convoluted consent forms, etc. I can't help but treat that site as malicious. The fact that such links/sites still end up top of the front page on a site like HN is a bit surprising for me.
- stiray 7y ago
  I am having workaround for moths. I am not using techcrunch any more. If there are some relevant news, they will be soon on some other site, that is not anti-users oriented. Vote with you "wallet" or soon all the sites will be like this.
dntbnmpls 7y ago
> elevating authoritative content on our platforms That's quite orwellian of them. Oh that explains recent lack of facebook hitpieces by the "authoritative sources". I swear everytime the "authoritative sources" attacked facebook, reddit, google, twitter, youtube, etc, they "elevated authoritative content by authoritative sources" and gave them preferential treatment and magically the hitpieces stop. Also, rather than offering joint statements and colluding together, I'd rather these social media platforms compete to provide the best information. There is just too much collusion by big tech. We need competition.

aembleton 7y ago

I had to whitelist guce.advertising.com. Couldn't find any way around it.

close04 7y ago
The way I approached this was to avoid anything that has to do with techcrunch. I am more than happy to read the comments on such postings but no way in hell am I clicking on that intentional dumpster fire of trackers, advertisement, convoluted consent forms, etc. I can't help but treat that site as malicious. The fact that such links/sites still end up top of the front page on a site like HN is a bit surprising for me.
stiray 7y ago
I am having workaround for moths. I am not using techcrunch any more. If there are some relevant news, they will be soon on some other site, that is not anti-users oriented. Vote with you "wallet" or soon all the sites will be like this.

dntbnmpls 7y ago

> elevating authoritative content on our platforms That's quite orwellian of them. Oh that explains recent lack of facebook hitpieces by the "authoritative sources". I swear everytime the "authoritative sources" attacked facebook, reddit, google, twitter, youtube, etc, they "elevated authoritative content by authoritative sources" and gave them preferential treatment and magically the hitpieces stop. Also, rather than offering joint statements and colluding together, I'd rather these social media platforms compete to provide the best information. There is just too much collusion by big tech. We need competition.