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> Webpages would not be offered if those making them did not get value. If you’re not paying, you’re the product. Ads are a bigger scourge than “basing everyth
by nocommentguy 5y ago
> Webpages would not be offered if those making them did not get value.
If you’re not paying, you’re the product. Ads are a bigger scourge than “basing everything on money” which is just value made fungible.
- opnitro 5y agoThis isn't strictly true. It's only true if the entity creating the website needs to extract a monetary profit. Plenty of people make websites (and other products) and happily share them in a community. The benefit they draw is in the act of creating and sharing.
- josephg 5y agoYep. Real communities exist, and when they do we enjoy contributing time and energy to support the group. For better and worse, the opensource ecosystem depends on this community spirit. So does HN and the tech blogging sphere. I don’t take the time to write a blog post for money. I do it because I want to be part of the conversation happening amongst my peers. Adding explicit commerce to every conversation devalues and corrodes our social bonds.