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>what ads would be acceptable in the eyes of privacy focused developers I think it's a pretty straight-forward and easy answer. Don't put ads that breach user

>what ads would be acceptable in the eyes of privacy focused developers I think it's a pretty straight-forward and easy answer. Don't put ads that breach user privacy. Just use context-based advertisements. If your ads are asking about my canvas size, mouse position, etc. or otherwise are attempting to track me from website to website, I'm not cool with that and will block it whatever way possible. Other dark patterns (blending in to website e.g. Reddit's sponsored posts) are also terrible, but not necessarily related to your question re: privacy. If I know a website is using context-based advertisements with no tracking, I allow the ads and sometimes even follow them if I need whatever is being advertised.

cxr 6y ago
OP seems to be asking for specific examples of ad services to use. (I'm not sure what's up with the number of responses to the question, "what ads would you [...] recommend i install on my site [a]ssuming i want to fully respect [m]y users privacy", with answers such as, "Don't put ads that breach user privacy".)
- ziddoap 6y ago
  Obviously the question is ambiguous enough that there is more than one interpretation. Even if they said "What specific & exact ad service would you recommend", a reply of "Any ad service that doesn't do tracking -- consider contextual based ads" is still a valid one, no?
  - cxr 6y ago
    No. > Even if they said [...] We don't have to imagine anything. We can look at what was written (and I quoted it again above). No matter what a person has in mind when writing out, "Don't put ads that breach user privacy", it's not a meaningful reply to the question that was actually asked.
    - ziddoap 6y ago
      Interesting... You started with "OP seems [...]", which sort of implies you are interpreting as well... Whatever, I'll stand corrected I guess. My (and everyone else except you!) reply is not meaningful. Edit to add: If I ask for a product that does X and respects Y, and someone says "Here are the criteria I use to make sure any product respects your Y requirement", I would accept that as a valid and helpful reply. Maybe it's just me.
      - cxr 6y ago
        > You started with "OP seems [...]", which sort of implies you are interpreting as well... I edited that in to soften the message. It's like the approach of phrasing things to avoid use of "you" when addressing a topic, to prevent people from getting defensive—which I also do a lot and did here. Clearly that effort was wasted.
        Dylan16807 6y ago
        You're really convinced about being right, but I don't think the question is nearly that clear. Maybe if they said "what ad service would be acceptable". But they asked what ads would be acceptable, which makes it sound like a description of acceptable ads is a valid response. It's not like they wanted a list of individual ads!
        cxr 6y ago
        > You're really convinced about being right If you're going to resort to personal attacks, I have some thoughts of my own.
        Dylan16807 6y ago
        That wasn't supposed to be any more of an attack than "I edited [seems] in to soften the message." is an attack.
        6y ago

cxr 6y ago

OP seems to be asking for specific examples of ad services to use. (I'm not sure what's up with the number of responses to the question, "what ads would you [...] recommend i install on my site [a]ssuming i want to fully respect [m]y users privacy", with answers such as, "Don't put ads that breach user privacy".)

ziddoap 6y ago
Obviously the question is ambiguous enough that there is more than one interpretation. Even if they said "What specific & exact ad service would you recommend", a reply of "Any ad service that doesn't do tracking -- consider contextual based ads" is still a valid one, no?
- cxr 6y ago
  No. > Even if they said [...] We don't have to imagine anything. We can look at what was written (and I quoted it again above). No matter what a person has in mind when writing out, "Don't put ads that breach user privacy", it's not a meaningful reply to the question that was actually asked.
  - ziddoap 6y ago
    Interesting... You started with "OP seems [...]", which sort of implies you are interpreting as well... Whatever, I'll stand corrected I guess. My (and everyone else except you!) reply is not meaningful. Edit to add: If I ask for a product that does X and respects Y, and someone says "Here are the criteria I use to make sure any product respects your Y requirement", I would accept that as a valid and helpful reply. Maybe it's just me.
    - cxr 6y ago
      > You started with "OP seems [...]", which sort of implies you are interpreting as well... I edited that in to soften the message. It's like the approach of phrasing things to avoid use of "you" when addressing a topic, to prevent people from getting defensive—which I also do a lot and did here. Clearly that effort was wasted.
      - Dylan16807 6y ago
        You're really convinced about being right, but I don't think the question is nearly that clear. Maybe if they said "what ad service would be acceptable". But they asked what ads would be acceptable, which makes it sound like a description of acceptable ads is a valid response. It's not like they wanted a list of individual ads!
        cxr 6y ago
        > You're really convinced about being right If you're going to resort to personal attacks, I have some thoughts of my own.
        Dylan16807 6y ago
        That wasn't supposed to be any more of an attack than "I edited [seems] in to soften the message." is an attack.
        6y ago