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Simple bookmarklet for paywall bypass. Write the following in URL and bookmark it: javascript:location.href=' http://facebook.com/l.php?u='+location.href Tested in Firefox

This is exactly the issue I encountered. I run a pelican static blog on github. I just host my comments as a simple flask app on www.pythonanywhere.com Code here: https://github.co…

Actually I wanted something even more simpler. No usernames, avatars,emails,threading, none of that. I just wanted the simplest way to add comments, and to keep spammers out, that …

Exactly! I host my blog for free on github, and the comments on free account from www.pythonanywhere.com.

I explored this for my static website (hosted on github), Didn't fit my needs exactly. So I started building one in flask and mySQL recently: https://github.com/singhjaideep/flask_…

That makes sense. So we can, instead of mining anonymous data about users (like my other comment), can mine the webpage the ad is going to be displayed on. This would make it inter…

Dang it! Back to square one. So it seems its a double edged sword. Personally I feel this is a good compromise. What would you rather have, something like this? Or something like G…

That is true. They drive up prices on Google Ad prices. But I feel its a symptom more than the problem. Because these ad networks have a per-click payout system, they have to track…

Good question. Maybe target using some kind of heuristics? We can figure out who is loading our imgs: ip addresses, requesting browser details, load time, approximate location (cit…

I'll take a stab at it. Do not embed javascript at all! Javascript slows down the webpage, send creepy-tracking-stuff back to the ad network, and gets easly blacklisted in adblocke…

Commit everything to a github repo. I have one repo named Stuff lol

Absolutely! Some websites I can't even scroll properly without disabling ads. I like the Patreon idea, because of not middleman, so it certainly appeals to an audience. But I don't…

We have seen a lot of posts on HN regarding ad networks and ad blockers. Basically there are two arguments: 1) Allow ad networks, so we can compensate content creaters. 2) Block ad…