Pieces of Shit

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Post by trevcanhuman » Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 3:54 AM UTC

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Post by yarcob » Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 9:08 AM UTC

> A 500% tax on advertising. It’s a zero sum game with no benefit to society.

I don't think a tax is going to fix the underlying problem, which is that ad publishers have no responsibility for the ads they show.

The problem is that the scummiest advertisers can afford to pay the highest prices.

Someone who defrauds you can always afford to pay more for advertising than someone who actually provides a service.

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Post by legerdemain » Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 9:34 AM UTC

Some policy proposals from a person whose education in the humanities began and ended with listening to Green Day's "American Idiot."

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Post by tentacleuno » Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 9:45 AM UTC

> Continue to let huge ad companies (stop calling them tech companies) rent seek and nickel and dime you on everything

What is he referring to here, out of curiosity? Does a company like Google own an apartment complex, or is it some sort of on-site housing programme?

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Post by tentacleuno » Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 9:46 AM UTC

yarcob wrote: post #2

> A 500% tax on advertising. It’s a zero sum game with no benefit to society. I don't think a tax is going to fix the underlying problem, which is that ad publishers have no responsibility for the ads they show. The problem is that the scummiest advertisers can afford to pay the highest prices. Someone who defrauds you can always afford to pay more for advertising than someone who actually provides a service.

> I don't think a tax is going to fix the underlying problem, which is that ad publishers have no responsibility for the ads they show.

The tax would get passed on to the entity paying for the advertisement. Then "advertising" would probably turn into a dirty word, we'll have "suggestions" and some sort of legal ducking and diving to avoid paying the tax at all.

Advertising plagues the web.

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Post by funwares » Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 9:47 AM UTC

>I wish you short sighted fucks in the PMC could actually do something about it.

What is the PMC the author is referring to here?

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Post by _ink_ » Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 9:57 AM UTC

tentacleuno wrote: post #4

> Continue to let huge ad companies (stop calling them tech companies) rent seek and nickel and dime you on everything What is he referring to here, out of curiosity? Does a company like Google own an apartment complex, or is it some sort of on-site housing programme?

AirBnb and the like maybe?

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Post by johnday » Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 9:58 AM UTC

tentacleuno wrote: post #4

> Continue to let huge ad companies (stop calling them tech companies) rent seek and nickel and dime you on everything What is he referring to here, out of curiosity? Does a company like Google own an apartment complex, or is it some sort of on-site housing programme?

This isn't referring to housing. Rent-seeking is a broader term related to charging people for something that they have no reason to pay for and no ability to avoid.

I see why the confusion arose though, "actual" housing is also mentioned in the article in a different context.

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#9

Post by pixelpoet » Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 10:07 AM UTC

More than a little hypocritical to complain about crypto scams, when he himself created this "cheap eth" coin, gave himself a bajillion coins in the fork code without telling anyone, and then started shilling it in his stream.

More info: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26175655

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 10:16 AM UTC

pixelpoet wrote: post #9

More than a little hypocritical to complain about crypto scams, when he himself created this "cheap eth" coin, gave himself a bajillion coins in the fork code without telling anyone, and then started shilling it in his stream. More info: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26175655

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