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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35225494 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35225494 My comment there, the short version is just over two years ago, var
by anenefan 4y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35225494 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35225494
My comment there, the short version is just over two years ago, various advertisers on there went mad with hard core porn ads.
Additionally here I'll add that I dug back into comments around two years ago, I was told some links were also pointing unsuspecting users into malware sites ... so I guess anyone (the average user) who had to use a zippyshare link basically if they were smart, had to use protection.
Hard core porn on sites used at work, or something kids would use is ... the epitome of what not to do.
- HDThoreaun 4y agoI assume it's hard to find advertisers willing to pay for space on piracy sites.
- anenefan 4y agoI think but can't be certain, for the longest time zippyshare formed a bridge between forum users to share photos, private collection of info links and notes -- file sizes were generally not large, but not suited for emails. Indispensable really in some forum types to be able sent via private messaging information, charts and pictures. No doubt like everything, the service was used for piracy in the beginning as well ... but it has only been the last few years where I've heard some sites actively using the service to share something that replaced the tv. Advertising can work but as long as it's honest and appropriate to the user base. I think it was Kickass pirate site that went mad for hard porn as well ... I knew it was only a matter of time it would be deemed time for the service to die off, not many people like the idea someone's preteen kid could looking for something, run up on such stuff.