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Re: Two Out of Three Young Millennials Now Use an Ad Blocker

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Post by jzymbaluk » Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 4:59 PM UTC

k_sh wrote: post #4

throwawayReply wrote: post #2

Young Millenials? Are they different to "Young persons"? And what is an "Old Millenial"? Why not just describe the group of 18-24 year olds as "Young adults", which is what they are.

As a millennial, I almost always stop reading when someone unironically uses "millennial"

Sorry, I stopped reading your sentence 3 words in.

Re: Two Out of Three Young Millennials Now Use an Ad Blocker

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Post by johnchristopher » Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 5:00 PM UTC

zorked wrote: post #21

dice wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>what is an "Old Millenial"? Someone currently in their early-to-mid 30s. End of Gen X, beginning of Millennials.

What happened to Gen Y. Not catchy enough?

Digital natives drove them to extinction.

Re: Two Out of Three Young Millennials Now Use an Ad Blocker

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Post by buckbova » Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 5:00 PM UTC

eistrati wrote: post #19

fatlasp wrote: post #13

I temporarily disabled ghostery yesterday and ended up visiting the LA Times. Without an adblocker the loading / performance / experience was horrific! Long live the ad-free web!

Would you use LA Times if we'd convince them to implement the following user experience: https://demo.adtechmedia.io/atm-core/nytimes/www.nytimes.com... NOTE: Above article is from NY Times and is ONLY for demo purposes :)

The typical article I spend The donate 5 cent thing might work for some but I'd never want to tie a payment method to my browser.

Re: Two Out of Three Young Millennials Now Use an Ad Blocker

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Post by phhlho » Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 5:01 PM UTC

Now if only there was a feature on ad blockers that blocked all the crummy youtube videos my daughter watches that are effectively 20 minute ads of people playing with toys.

Re: Two Out of Three Young Millennials Now Use an Ad Blocker

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Post by rayiner » Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 5:02 PM UTC

throwawayReply wrote: post #2

Young Millenials? Are they different to "Young persons"? And what is an "Old Millenial"? Why not just describe the group of 18-24 year olds as "Young adults", which is what they are.

Old millennials are me I guess (born early-mid 1980s). Young enough not to have a land line or cable, but old enough to have a wife and kids.

Re: Two Out of Three Young Millennials Now Use an Ad Blocker

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Post by binarycrusader » Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 5:02 PM UTC

eistrati wrote: post #19

fatlasp wrote: post #13

I temporarily disabled ghostery yesterday and ended up visiting the LA Times. Without an adblocker the loading / performance / experience was horrific! Long live the ad-free web!

Would you use LA Times if we'd convince them to implement the following user experience: https://demo.adtechmedia.io/atm-core/nytimes/www.nytimes.com... NOTE: Above article is from NY Times and is ONLY for demo purposes :)

Ugh, no. Blurring the text not only kills performance but since it happens after page load is incredibly irritating.

Nevermind all the irrating navigation that suddenly appeared around the edges of the page.

Quora does this and it's why I will never, ever sign up for an account with them.

Re: Two Out of Three Young Millennials Now Use an Ad Blocker

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Post by ahsvduabs » Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 5:03 PM UTC

_RPM wrote: post #25

What's the sample size here?

3

Re: Two Out of Three Young Millennials Now Use an Ad Blocker

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Post by makapuf » Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 5:04 PM UTC

bbctol wrote: post #16

throwawayReply wrote: post #2

Young Millenials? Are they different to "Young persons"? And what is an "Old Millenial"? Why not just describe the group of 18-24 year olds as "Young adults", which is what they are.

Nobody knows. Anyone born between 1980 and 2005 is at risk of the label. It just means "those dang kids with their computer boxes."

Well, I think anyone that refers to something to browse the Web as a box is clearly saved from that label. (I do)

Re: Two Out of Three Young Millennials Now Use an Ad Blocker

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Post by mars4rp » Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 5:05 PM UTC

I hate Ads as much as next guy, but what will be the future of the internet without the Ads? where the revenue comes from? do we have to pay for every site that we use? I prefer a free content internet with reasonable amount of ads!!

Re: Two Out of Three Young Millennials Now Use an Ad Blocker

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Post by epalmer » Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 5:05 PM UTC

bbctol wrote: post #16

throwawayReply wrote: post #2

Young Millenials? Are they different to "Young persons"? And what is an "Old Millenial"? Why not just describe the group of 18-24 year olds as "Young adults", which is what they are.

Nobody knows. Anyone born between 1980 and 2005 is at risk of the label. It just means "those dang kids with their computer boxes."

I was born in 1953 and I have a label. I'm a baby boomer. I'd rather be called a old curmudgeon or an old bald headed guy.