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The correct amount of ads is one. As an indie web developer, after trying many "ad policies", I believe the sweet spot (not the revenue optimal spot!) is one a

The correct amount of ads is one. As an indie web developer, after trying many "ad policies", I believe the sweet spot (not the revenue optimal spot!) is one ad, clear, not intrusive and highly targetted to your audience. This ad will not annoy readers and will keep your motivation at a decent level (instead of a zero ads policy). My take: https://www.slowernews.com/sponsor https://www.slowernews.com/sponsor

toxik 2y ago
1. not annoy no one 2. neg (annoy no one) 3. neg (neg exist x : annoy(x)) 4. exist x : annoy(x) 5. annoy someone
- subjectsigma 2y ago
  It’s almost like colloquial human language != math. Everyone understands what he means
- nph278 2y ago
  Oh?
amelius 2y ago
> and highly targeted to your audience Just to be clear, are you ruling out user-tracking here, and is this ad meant to be entirely context-based?
- galfarragem 2y ago
  You're right, "highly targeted" is not the correct expression. What I mean is: know who your average reader is and give that information to your potential sponsor. No specific user-tracking at all.
prepend 2y ago
Sorry, if I’m paying you for a service I want no ads. I don’t like ads. They don’t help me. They make my life harder. I’ll tolerate them in some situations, but if I pay you then I should not see an ad. If you want to show an ad, that you choice. I think it’s anti-user and I won’t buy your thing.
- galfarragem 2y ago
  Most websites provide value - they have readers - but few of them provide enough value to convince people to pay directly for them. Often it is not even the money itself, is the hassle. That's why there are ads.
lucb1e 2y ago
On every single page you try to read or get something done on, though? Ads can be useful. How else am I to know of this amazing new music service or when there will be a certain show in town? But it needn't be all day long everywhere you look, and one ad on every page still has that issue Not that I would know how to solve the problem of reconciling (1) sustainable website income, (2) annoyance factor, (3) sufficient targeting to reduce the annoyance factor, and (4) privacy issues. I just know that websites suffer from my adblocker and that I suffer from the web without adblocker. For what it's worth, I do have an online newspaper subscription and donate to nonprofit/opensource services that I use (like f-droid and openstreetmap), but it's not a full solution...

toxik 2y ago

1. not annoy no one 2. neg (annoy no one) 3. neg (neg exist x : annoy(x)) 4. exist x : annoy(x) 5. annoy someone

subjectsigma 2y ago
It’s almost like colloquial human language != math. Everyone understands what he means
nph278 2y ago
Oh?

amelius 2y ago

> and highly targeted to your audience Just to be clear, are you ruling out user-tracking here, and is this ad meant to be entirely context-based?

galfarragem 2y ago
You're right, "highly targeted" is not the correct expression. What I mean is: know who your average reader is and give that information to your potential sponsor. No specific user-tracking at all.

prepend 2y ago

Sorry, if I’m paying you for a service I want no ads. I don’t like ads. They don’t help me. They make my life harder. I’ll tolerate them in some situations, but if I pay you then I should not see an ad. If you want to show an ad, that you choice. I think it’s anti-user and I won’t buy your thing.

galfarragem 2y ago
Most websites provide value - they have readers - but few of them provide enough value to convince people to pay directly for them. Often it is not even the money itself, is the hassle. That's why there are ads.

lucb1e 2y ago

On every single page you try to read or get something done on, though? Ads can be useful. How else am I to know of this amazing new music service or when there will be a certain show in town? But it needn't be all day long everywhere you look, and one ad on every page still has that issue Not that I would know how to solve the problem of reconciling (1) sustainable website income, (2) annoyance factor, (3) sufficient targeting to reduce the annoyance factor, and (4) privacy issues. I just know that websites suffer from my adblocker and that I suffer from the web without adblocker. For what it's worth, I do have an online newspaper subscription and donate to nonprofit/opensource services that I use (like f-droid and openstreetmap), but it's not a full solution...