Taboola and Outbrain are merging to create a clickbait giant

Re:Taboola and Outbrain are merging to create a clickbait giant by KoftaBob on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @09:20AM (#21191946)

When the founders look back at their life and see "litter the internet with garbage" as their biggest accomplishment, I wonder if the money will be worth it.

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Re:Taboola and Outbrain are merging to create a clickbait giant by patd on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @10:19AM (#21192578)

They probably don't care or see it as a way to keep newspapers in business.

I'm running an adtech platform for newspapers (I do price comparison and I believe that I add value to the product review articles) and newspapers need to generate revenue. They usually have loads of staff from decades ago when people were still buying paper journals and magazines.

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Re:Taboola and Outbrain are merging to create a clickbait giant by KoftaBob on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @10:27AM (#21192669)

I'm not against the idea of ads, at their best they actually serve as a form of product discovery for viewers. What I am against is deceptive and low quality clickbait.

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Re:Taboola and Outbrain are merging to create a clickbait giant by crispyambulance on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @10:11AM (#21192493)

You're assuming that those people will actually "look back at their life".

Many don't, never will, and are incapable of understanding what the problem even is.

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Re:Taboola and Outbrain are merging to create a clickbait giant by KoftaBob on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @10:13AM (#21192506)

Unfortunately you're probably right.

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