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Re: Problems coming for online publishing

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Can we please keep the reddit style hysterics on reddit? I pretty much left reddit to escape the fake political nonsense. And with all due respect, you are doing exactly what you claim cambridge analytica did. You are pushing extreme fear and agenda. But for what end? > As I browse, my interests are accumulated into basic interest groups, demographic data, and maybe recently visited websites that use tracking. You ar…

You are right, both sides are to blame, but this don’t make any of the them better. In Brazil we have the same mentality of “sides” and I believe that this is destroying the good sense of some people. It’s not because everyone does it that it should be the norm, or that is not evil. Our true challenge is how we can stop this type of propaganda without hurting any freedom? In Brazil All the big publishers are in somew…

> You are right, both sides are to blame, but this don’t make any of the them better.

He wasn't saying this, he was calling out someone who, in a very dishonest manner, attributed a commonly perceived as bad trait to only one third party of his choosing. This, of course, while ignoring the fact that those he was trying to defend did the same and so rendered his argument useless and turned his deliberately included emotional cues into something short of deception.

Re: Problems coming for online publishing

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I've updated that piece several times to clarify things, so you might check it again.

What it's a call for is hacking our way to publishing norms that don't involve tracking. And that's what we're starting to do at Linux Journal, where I'm editor-in-chief.

For the first time anywhere, we'll be agreeing to readers' terms, rather than the reverse. In legal terms, the reader will be the first party and Linux Journal will be the second party. I explain how we're approaching this in "Help Us Cure Online Publishing of Its Addiction to Personal Data": http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/help-us-cure-online-publ...

The barn we’re raising is for all of publishing, but we’re short-handed. So, if you're interested in helping, let me know (doc at linuxjournal dot com). Or show up on 2 April at the Computer History Museum: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vrm-day-2018a-tickets-438706894... . Thanks!

Re: Problems coming for online publishing

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I've updated that piece several times to clarify things, so you might check it again. What it's a call for is hacking our way to publishing norms that don't involve tracking. And that's what we're starting to do at Linux Journal, where I'm editor-in-chief. For the first time anywhere, we'll be agreeing to readers' terms, rather than the reverse. In legal terms, the reader will be the first party and Linux Journal wil…

Happens that I just posted an essay on that topic: http://yuhongbao.blogspot.ca/2018/03/google-doubleclick-mozi...

Re: Problems coming for online publishing

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post #63

I've updated that piece several times to clarify things, so you might check it again. What it's a call for is hacking our way to publishing norms that don't involve tracking. And that's what we're starting to do at Linux Journal, where I'm editor-in-chief. For the first time anywhere, we'll be agreeing to readers' terms, rather than the reverse. In legal terms, the reader will be the first party and Linux Journal wil…

Happens that I just posted an essay on that topic: http://yuhongbao.blogspot.ca/2018/03/google-doubleclick-mozi...

If you're going to mention this post in multiple threads, please do a regular submission instead.

Re: Problems coming for online publishing

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post #64
post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Happens that I just posted an essay on that topic: http://yuhongbao.blogspot.ca/2018/03/google-doubleclick-mozi...

If you're going to mention this post in multiple threads, please do a regular submission instead.

Yea, I don't normally do this. I did it because docsearls was there.

Re: Problems coming for online publishing

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post #12

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The mentions your first point, fairly early on.

Yes, you are right (and I was wrong). I admit I stopped reading when they suggested the media was being "ironic" (i. e. hypocritical) on the matter.

If it makes you feel better, I had stopped reading your comment when I found that point, and posted mine. My original version was that "the article addressed your points".

I subsequently reread your comment and realized you made several other points. Oops. I then edited mine.

Re: Problems coming for online publishing

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> Almost everyone tech savvy that I know runs an ad blocker and I've installed one for all my family members who aren't. How do you provide support to them for websites that malfunction due to the adblockers? IME, they often don't recognize that the problem is the adblocker much less have the patience to call me for help - and if they did, I don't always have time to help them when they need it.

I install Firefox + uBlock Origin and tell them that if they have specific issues they can hop back to IE. That being said, I'm trying to think, and I honestly don't know that I've ever seen any sites break due to ad blockers (it may be that I'm guilty of not recognizing the source of malfunctions myself). Regardless, the web is a big place and life is short. If a site can't get it right I just move on. Mental bandwi…

> Oh, I have seen the ones that throw up anti-adblock walls. I hate those.

The anti-adblock list in uBlock can help with that. Read the README.md though because it requires a user script too.

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