Does Sponsoring Daring Fireball Work?

Re:Does Sponsoring Daring Fireball Work? by po on Monday January 26, 2015 @08:43PM (#8950833)

This is why I personally don't like using an ad-blocker.

If I have ads blocked, then I'm blind to the problems that the average internet user faces. I end up viewing, reading, tweeting, talking about sites that are flat out reader-abusive in their advertising. As a web developer, my sense of the state of the internet is warped.

With ads turned on, I end up avoiding those sites and seeking quieter places. I have a better understanding of what normal people see.

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Re:Does Sponsoring Daring Fireball Work? by collyw on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @06:51AM (#8952568)

I noticed the same problem when I sent a link to a friend. All this flashing blinking crap all over the page.

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Re:Does Sponsoring Daring Fireball Work? by Sophistifunk on Monday January 26, 2015 @10:53PM (#8951149)

I would like it if that were a tenable position, but it's really not IMO. There's too much cross-site tracking, and most importantly, too much malware distributed as advertising.

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