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I think it's likely that this is untrue. Slashdot and reddit are the two examples that come to mind of a userbase who are likely to be filtering ads and thus gr
by debacle 14y ago
I think it's likely that this is untrue. Slashdot and reddit are the two examples that come to mind of a userbase who are likely to be filtering ads and thus greatly reducing the revenue of their hosts.
- gilrain 14y ago...you think it's untrue that ad-blocking does not kill sites, because two sites likely to be ad-blocked more than the average are very, very successful?
- mylittlepony 14y agoIn this context successful should be synonym of profitable. Which, last time I checked, reddit is not.
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- mylittlepony 14y ago"If you run a company, it's your responsibility to put together a business model that works" He's not saying it's not happening, he's saying it's not the users' fault.
- debacle 14y agoWhile I agree with you, the logical next step should be to prevent users who are abusing your business model from using your services.
- graue 14y agoYes and no. I block ads, but when I find a good article I reshare the link to friends/followers who do not block ads. If only two of them view the content and ads, it's a net positive for the publisher to let me view the article. As a side note, I disagree with your choice of word “abusing”. How about “disrupting”? No one has an inherent right to make money.
- mhurron 14y agoSlashdot allows you to turn off ads if your karma is high enough. They have other forms of revenue.