Re:Reddit to Give 10% of Its 2014 Ad Revenue to Non-Profits ...
by jordigh on Saturday March 01, 2014 @10:42AM
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> All because you can't be bothered by seeing an advertisement .
Let's step back a little and think of how me looking at advertisements is supposed to be fueling the economy.
When I look at ads, I'm supposed to be given an incentive to buy something. I look at an ad in order to create a need in me that didn't exist before I viewed that ad. By creating that need, I'm supposed to go out and buy something I didn't want in the first place. What I wanted in the first place was to view something on some website, not to go out and give someone else money.
So, let's cut the middleman advertiser. I don't want to be given artificial needs and give someone else money. I want to give the original person money.
Let's step back a little and think of how me looking at advertisements is supposed to be fueling the economy.
When I look at ads, I'm supposed to be given an incentive to buy something. I look at an ad in order to create a need in me that didn't exist before I viewed that ad. By creating that need, I'm supposed to go out and buy something I didn't want in the first place. What I wanted in the first place was to view something on some website, not to go out and give someone else money.
So, let's cut the middleman advertiser. I don't want to be given artificial needs and give someone else money. I want to give the original person money.
All because I can't be bothered to see an ad.