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You can hide them like any other post, so I don’t see that they are as impactful to user experience as most other ads, which require third party browser extensi
by aspenmayer 5y ago
You can hide them like any other post, so I don’t see that they are as impactful to user experience as most other ads, which require third party browser extensions and/or DNS level blocking. On balance, I think HN does ads “right” and the only way I think they could be improved is with explicit labeling indicating that they are sponsored, unlike user-submitted posts.
Being entirely anti-ad is an acceptable position to hold, and I don’t really disagree, though it feels a bit of a cheap shot to single out HN like this.
- a1369209993 5y ago> I don't see that they are as impactful to user experience as most other ads Yep. Hence the comparison to mercury tilt switches. > it feels a bit of a cheap shot to single out HN like this Yep.
- paulcole 5y agoIf someone is entirely anti-ad, they have to be anti-ad-on-HN.
- a1369209993 5y agoExactly. Sponsored posts are ads and need to go, but this is not particularly significant on either side. HN in general is no more a ad than donating money to charity for PR reasons is a ad, and it requires a considerable confusion of ideas to think otherwise. (Or a confusion of what "ad" means. FWIW, BGP address advertisments are not ads either.)