Re:Show HN: Let's encourage ad blocking
by parenthephobia on Friday March 04, 2016 @09:57AM
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There's a perverse incentive there. If I'm paid to watch adverts, and my love for money outweighs my hatred for adverts, then I'll watch lots of adverts without actually buying anything. That's great for the ad-provider, but not so much for whoever's products are being advertised, as they'll be getting a significantly worse return on their investment. It's actually in their interests for me to block adverts if I won't buy anything that's advertised in them.
What you're proposing is that if I see some ads, then I get virtual money that I can then forward to someone I deem worthy?
In theory, it seems a nice idea. Sharing ad profits from my views with someone who creates good content. Sure.
I'm not quite sure I'd care enough, but maybe.
Would you care for some side money that you can use for micro-transaction (one click for: paywalls, items in games, rewarding a blog author?)
(doing market research here)
Would you care enough to make the switch to another ad-blocker? One that pays you to rent your pixels if the ad is deemed fast, non intrusive, non tracking, not attention grabbing, not misleading, for a sufficiently ethical product, etc.