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For me, it’s not paying attention to the ads. I never have. I haven’t clicked on an ad in decades. My interest is in the manipulation taking place on all the p
by prepend 5y ago
For me, it’s not paying attention to the ads. I never have. I haven’t clicked on an ad in decades.
My interest is in the manipulation taking place on all the people who do click on ads, and the likely negative affect on society.
Obviously, enough people click on ads to make it worthwhile for the advertisers. And this is despite all the people who think ads don’t work on them.
- chasebank 5y agoI’d wager you’ve clicked hundreds of ads here, just on hacker news! You might have not known they were ads but they were ads none the less.
- prepend 5y agoPerhaps, we’ll never know as there’s lots of types of ads. I was referring to the ads described in OP’s article- ones that show up around “real” content. Of those ads, I’ve clicked none.