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Hi, author of the site here. It only shows up for people that visit via Hacker News with ads disabled. If you don't want to give me ad impressions, then when y

by xena 4y ago

Hi, author of the site here. It only shows up for people that visit via Hacker News with ads disabled. If you don't want to give me ad impressions, then when you visit it gives you a nudge to be civil when commenting on the article. Is there anything I can do to change it so that it's better? If you don't want to see that message, please disable your ad blocker.

RadiozRadioz 4y ago
Interesting, was there a reason to target that specific user group with the message, or is it just filling space that would have been populated by an ad?
- xena 4y ago
  Normally that has a "please disable your ad blocker to help this blog be self-sustaining or donate on patreon" message. But Hacker News users spew so much venom and vitriol (see OP in this thread) that I am a bit more pointed and blunt with the nag messages. Going by the numbers of hits vs as impressions my hypothesis is that the biggest assholes block ads. I did the math for last year and somehow my blog actually made a small profit! It's nowhere near enough to make me want to quit my dayjob, but it's at least enough that the excess can pay for all my video game purchases. I need to finish that article detailing the blog's finances for 2022.