People in Silicon Valley Don’t Click on Ads

Post by bduerst » Tue, Feb 16, 2016, 6:30 PM UTC

manigandham wrote: post #85

bduerst wrote: post #53

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> An internet where we pay for it instead of it being supported by user targeted ads isn't going to be covered by paying 10 cents per article you really liked. There's Google Contributer, which lets you pay several pennies per article rather than see ads. It could work if existing ad networks let you opt out of ads and cover the display impressions. Edit: It also shows you pictures of cats instead of ads - http://i.i…

Google is the biggest ad network but still does not run most of the ads you actually see on any given webpage. The price is a lot higher if you really want to subsidize everything.

Right, but it's a step in the right direction IMO. That's how ecosystems change - the leaders add new features and the network follows.

Post by kordless » Thu, Feb 18, 2016, 8:16 PM UTC

teekert wrote: post #38

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This is the best comment in here. We are the early adopters and when we do or don't do something, the rest aren't far behind with same.

Oh, "we" are so good, we are sooo leading. We even ignore things we don't want! Or do "we" also ignore ads for things we do want and the rest of the populous does not, and are the rest of the people therefor smarter and better of? Are ads always fraudulent rip-offs? Really?

Being an early adopter doesn't imply being smarter or better. The fact is, early adopters may frequently be considered as advanced types of guinea pigs, where they are willing to put up with shit other customers might not.[1]

I don't know the comment about the Bay Area being "sooo leading" is necessarily accurate. We "lead movement" in a group of users based on the fact we adopt (and work in) technology more than other groups. This isn't elitism (which your comments lean toward implying) but more realism of the situation. Silicon Valley is where most of the high technology in the world originated. It only makes sense the natives that live near that region are more likely to be designated as early adopters. Of course, you can take my comment any way you like.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_adopter

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