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Some people making money on the Internet is a lot different than what the Internet has become today - and what I meant by money grab.
by jmathai 2y ago
Some people making money on the Internet is a lot different than what the Internet has become today - and what I meant by money grab.
- scarface_74 2y agoYou do remember the entire dot com boom and bust, the punch the monkey banner ads, X11 pop under ads, etc? Don’t romanticize the early internet.
- layer8 2y agoI lived through the early internet, and by and large you didn’t come across much page-view monetization or engagement-maximization tactics.
- scarface_74 2y agoWhat do you call banner ads?
- jmathai 2y agoBanner ads back then were more obnoxious. Today they are deceptive. The point being made here is that it wasn’t perfect before but for many it was better.
- scarface_74 2y agoYou do remember the punch the monkey ads that were just an animated gif that you could click anywhere and “win”. They were an early form of engagement bait. There were unscrupulous people posting on Usenet for monetary gain before the web
- jmathai 2y agoOh man. Pop under ads. Those sucked. I’d still take the old Internet with pop under ads over what we have today.