Re:Humble Bundle #2 Breaches $900k, On Way To $1M USD
by mkull on Saturday December 18, 2010 @03:32PM
(#2020209)
OT but those kontera in-text ads are absolutely horrible. They are like land minds spread throughout the article making it just about unreadable (I tend to mouse over the text I am currently reading)
Re:Humble Bundle #2 Breaches $900k, On Way To $1M USD
by jamesbritt on Saturday December 18, 2010 @04:07PM
(#2020302)
They're a complete fuck-over on my G1, where browser navigating seems to always want to hover on links, and the popups make it near impossible to actual read the damn article.
I generally assume that any site that is using this sort of crap is not interested in me as a reader and probably isn't concerned with the quality of the content they are offering; they are just trying to lure clicks and eyeballs.
Re:Humble Bundle #2 Breaches $900k, On Way To $1M USD
by wtallis on Saturday December 18, 2010 @04:50PM
(#2020398)
They're a linux-oriented benchmarking site. They're probably pretty strapped for cash on a good day, so they have to use an excess of ads to stay online. They're catering to a small market, so it seems like a fair tradeoff. Besides, their most annoying ads are the easiest to block on any reasonable browser.
Re:Humble Bundle #2 Breaches $900k, On Way To $1M USD
by jberryman on Saturday December 18, 2010 @08:22PM
(#2020781)
I was thinking abour this earlier, and I think linux users feel "wealthier" in terms of software, and so are willing to pay more. Windows users have to scour the dark, virus-infected recesses of the internet to find free software. We just do apt-get.
Re:Humble Bundle #2 Breaches $900k, On Way To $1M USD
by nfriedly on Sunday December 19, 2010 @02:29AM
(#2021326)
I know of one person who paid $0.01 to download the Windows copies. (To be fair, he's in high school and doesn't have much money, but he could probably afford more than that.) I suspect there are more of these folks on Windows than any other OS.
I'd be curious to see the averages if the top and bottom 1% were omitted.
Re:Humble Bundle #2 Breaches $900k, On Way To $1M USD
by SingAlong on Saturday December 18, 2010 @11:01PM
(#2021046)
touched $1 million and I'm happy!
I bought it and influenced another friend on twitter to buy it :) Also Jeff (@humble) tweeted that he has a surprise for all buyers and that it'll be up in an hour or so. I'm curious as to what that surprise would be.
Re:Humble Bundle #2 Breaches $900k, On Way To $1M USD
by DrStalker on Saturday December 18, 2010 @08:50PM
(#2020822)
I had the two games from the bundle I wqas most interested in, so I just paid less for the bundle. I figure everyone wins that way, compared to me not buying at all.
http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/
I generally assume that any site that is using this sort of crap is not interested in me as a reader and probably isn't concerned with the quality of the content they are offering; they are just trying to lure clicks and eyeballs.
I'd be curious to see the averages if the top and bottom 1% were omitted.
http://cdn.humblebundle.com/hib2/sad_developer.jpg
I bought it and influenced another friend on twitter to buy it :) Also Jeff (@humble) tweeted that he has a surprise for all buyers and that it'll be up in an hour or so. I'm curious as to what that surprise would be.