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You just made me spit coffee all over my keyboard, thanks for the chuckle! First, however, MetaMan will need to end the Hollywood accounting practice so better superhero movies can…

Judging by the responses in this thread, your comment was deemed off-topic. I think part of the reaction is that your tone sounded like you were pushing an agenda. Then when people…

I agree that this trend is disturbing, but am unable to reconcile your alarmist language with the numbers in the links you provided. I do not support private corporations (or even …

You have honestly lost me. Not only am I unsure of any argument you set forth except "Netflix is the biggest consumer of the internet", but I can name many metrics by which they ar…

An interesting addition, thank you! After considering your comment, I still think my original point stands. Instead of thinking about the product being sold, think of it like quali…

In case you aren't just being argumentative, using bandwidth as the metric of choice when discussing lightbox-style page elements is sub-optimal. Or when discussing business models…

Love this idea. Would like to add that I'd love to block any fixed topnav that stays on the screen as you scroll down.

Well, it kinda is the price of visiting the internet. Because most content is free but ad-supported... doesn't that mean viewing ads is the price you pay? (At least in a large sens…

My other comment in this thread addressed this, but basically, I think it's a filter for removing those site visitors unlikely to become customers, allowing a company to focus on p…

I don't say this to criticize anything you said, but to offer the perspective of a company. If they produce content for the sake of conversions, does it really matter to them if yo…

Hmm, an interesting and different perspective! Thank you for sharing. If I were to consider renting my place on AirBnB, I would consider the people staying here to be my guests, no…

This makes sense, and I understand that most people find it highly convenient. Just to offer a different perspective: to me, the valuable part of sharing life events is the engagem…

Dan Ariely's recent book titled "Dishonesty" presents a lot of research that supports this. His thesis (in part) is that people tend to cheat / lie right up until the point they ca…