Banning these sites altogether would be too much. Assign a pre-defined downvote so that the hurdle for ad-driven sources is higher to overcome.
They don't have that option as moderators of a subreddit
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#12I think HN should automatically penalize the scores of paywalled sites. Although I'm not sure HN's pro-corporate politics would ever allow it.
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#13Anything that expedites the process of moving from ads to paying "somehow else" for good content is good. But it falls on the technologists side to come up with something that replaces ads. Redditors are only curing a symptom.
Ads have been fine for years until they started tracking you around, flashing annoying animations, auto playing sound or video or taking up the whole page.
I'm perfectly content with banner and text ads, as long as they're not animated.
Re: “We're considering banning domains that require users to disable ad blockers”
#14As noted other comments, this would only apply to the /r/technology subreddit. The general feedback is in favor of blocking these types of sites. I'm pretty amazed at the current state of ads. With multiple ad exchanges, private sellers, and static brand deals, the entire serving process is a mess and users are paying for it. I don't think publishing websites are being malicious; they're incentived to make money and…
If it expanded to the rest of Reddit then it might be the impetuous for the news industry to clean up their act.
And no, that's not a mistake. It's not advertisers I direct my ire but those who should know better and who apparently are meant to exist for the greater public good: The Press.
Re: “We're considering banning domains that require users to disable ad blockers”
#15As noted other comments, this would only apply to the /r/technology subreddit. The general feedback is in favor of blocking these types of sites. I'm pretty amazed at the current state of ads. With multiple ad exchanges, private sellers, and static brand deals, the entire serving process is a mess and users are paying for it. I don't think publishing websites are being malicious; they're incentived to make money and…
Of course they are malicious. They're serving the high-profit ads, which obviously includes malware, where they could be serving low-profit, safe (but boring) ads.
That's equivalent to pharmacists selling illegal drugs (heroin, cocaine) simply because they obviously make them more profits.
Re: “We're considering banning domains that require users to disable ad blockers”
#16I think HN should automatically penalize the scores of paywalled sites. Although I'm not sure HN's pro-corporate politics would ever allow it.
I think that in practice this happens through the normal voting process.
Re: “We're considering banning domains that require users to disable ad blockers”
#17Anything that expedites the process of moving from ads to paying "somehow else" for good content is good. But it falls on the technologists side to come up with something that replaces ads. Redditors are only curing a symptom.
No-one has a responsibility to keep Wired or Forbes in business. Either they'll figure out a business model that works, or they won't; either way it's not the redditors' problem.
Re: “We're considering banning domains that require users to disable ad blockers”
#18Anything that expedites the process of moving from ads to paying "somehow else" for good content is good. But it falls on the technologists side to come up with something that replaces ads. Redditors are only curing a symptom.
Ads have been fine for years until they started tracking you around, flashing annoying animations, auto playing sound or video or taking up the whole page. I'm perfectly content with banner and text ads, as long as they're not animated.
Ads have never been safe. I got adware from an ad ~15 years ago.
Re: “We're considering banning domains that require users to disable ad blockers”
#19Banning these sites altogether would be too much. Assign a pre-defined downvote so that the hurdle for ad-driven sources is higher to overcome.
I don't think it would be too much. Why would it? I'd like to see those ad-laden pages dropped from HN also. As well as sites with paywalls. There are plenty of other pages on the web that can be featured instead.
Re: “We're considering banning domains that require users to disable ad blockers”
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ads have been fine for years until they started tracking you around, flashing annoying animations, auto playing sound or video or taking up the whole page. I'm perfectly content with banner and text ads, as long as they're not animated.
Ads have never been safe. I got adware from an ad ~15 years ago.
I believe it was said about web experience itself, not security side of things