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"I never saw most of the offending ads because of my adblocker, so I didn’t notice the changes or experience any irritation personally. " -------- If you run

by beloch 6mo ago

"I never saw most of the offending ads because of my adblocker, so I didn’t notice the changes or experience any irritation personally. " -------- If you run a website that serves ads, whitelist it in your adblocker so you can see what your own damned site looks like to people who are still rawdogging the world wide web.

influx 6mo ago
Most people who ran AdSense were extremely careful not to look at the ads on their own site, because Google might flag them for intentionally inflating clicks or views.
- vitorgrs 6mo ago
  When I was a teen, like, 15 years ago or so, my Google Ads account got permanently banned because I made the mistake of clicking on my own ad. :)
  - fearless1ron 6mo ago
    [flagged]
glaslong 6mo ago
This is why I greatly prefer podcasts where the hosts read the ads. If you're going to take ad money, you better be willing to sell it with your own voice. All else is a descent into scam ad hell.
- kdheiwns 6mo ago
  Everybody does that and has for the past 10 years. People sell the scammiest stuff then completely dissociate and say "sorry guys I didn't know that was a scam haha. I won't do it again. This program brought to you by Honey. I use it and it's great." Their viewers always forgive them.
  - addaon 6mo ago
    > Their viewers always forgive them. Pretty strong selection bias there. And no way to know how many potential viewers avoided them after the first ad read.
    - odo1242 6mo ago
      Can you name a YouTube channel that experienced a drop in viewership, subscribers, any metric whatsoever, after a sponsorship read turned out to be a scam?
      - GJim 6mo ago
        Heh In the 1990's and for us GenX'ers, selling out was the worst thing you could do; to take the man's money instead of keeping your integrity. Calling people and bands 'sell outs' (sometimes without justification!) was to insult them. Now with the rise of 'influencers' selling out is the norm, and people are praised for doing so. This is a massive shift in the cultural landscape and is perhaps something many born after ~2000 are unaware of.
        amadeuspagel 6mo ago
        Can you name a "zine" or whatever people had in the 90s that experienced a drop in subscribers after it sold out?
        orangesilk 6mo ago
        Not quite 90s, but * sourceforge.org * adblockplus the plugin I am currently getting off youtube for their agressive anti adblocking behavior and I stopped reading Spiegel Online for the same reason years ago.
  - glaslong 6mo ago
    "Their viewers" minus me and mine Others are welcome to look past it. I've unsubbed from a lot of shite on clear signals that they'll say anything and stand for nothing. Ad reads are an incredibly easy, bright line for it if you're someone who gaf.

by beloch 6mo ago

influx 6mo ago

Most people who ran AdSense were extremely careful not to look at the ads on their own site, because Google might flag them for intentionally inflating clicks or views.

vitorgrs 6mo ago
When I was a teen, like, 15 years ago or so, my Google Ads account got permanently banned because I made the mistake of clicking on my own ad. :)
- fearless1ron 6mo ago
  [flagged]

glaslong 6mo ago

This is why I greatly prefer podcasts where the hosts read the ads. If you're going to take ad money, you better be willing to sell it with your own voice. All else is a descent into scam ad hell.

kdheiwns 6mo ago
Everybody does that and has for the past 10 years. People sell the scammiest stuff then completely dissociate and say "sorry guys I didn't know that was a scam haha. I won't do it again. This program brought to you by Honey. I use it and it's great." Their viewers always forgive them.
- addaon 6mo ago
  > Their viewers always forgive them. Pretty strong selection bias there. And no way to know how many potential viewers avoided them after the first ad read.
  - odo1242 6mo ago
    Can you name a YouTube channel that experienced a drop in viewership, subscribers, any metric whatsoever, after a sponsorship read turned out to be a scam?
    - GJim 6mo ago
      Heh In the 1990's and for us GenX'ers, selling out was the worst thing you could do; to take the man's money instead of keeping your integrity. Calling people and bands 'sell outs' (sometimes without justification!) was to insult them. Now with the rise of 'influencers' selling out is the norm, and people are praised for doing so. This is a massive shift in the cultural landscape and is perhaps something many born after ~2000 are unaware of.
      - amadeuspagel 6mo ago
        Can you name a "zine" or whatever people had in the 90s that experienced a drop in subscribers after it sold out?
        orangesilk 6mo ago
        Not quite 90s, but * sourceforge.org * adblockplus the plugin I am currently getting off youtube for their agressive anti adblocking behavior and I stopped reading Spiegel Online for the same reason years ago.
- glaslong 6mo ago
  "Their viewers" minus me and mine Others are welcome to look past it. I've unsubbed from a lot of shite on clear signals that they'll say anything and stand for nothing. Ad reads are an incredibly easy, bright line for it if you're someone who gaf.