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by jklinger410 1064 days ago
The internet as you know it would not exist without ads.
5 comments
JohnFen 1064 days ago
True! That's the problem with ads. They changed the web for the worse.
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JPws_Prntr_Fngr 1064 days ago
It would exist as we knew it back in the 90s / early 00s. It would consist of Wikipedia, McMaster Carr, BBS forums, and weird guys' hobby blogs. It would be one million percent better.
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jklinger410 1064 days ago
Webrings, the original Web 1.0 that many gush about on this site, were partially designed to farm adsense revenue.

AOL started putting ads on your dashboard less than 2 years after it launched.

There wasn't a very long period of ad-free internet.

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actionfromafar 1064 days ago
Static banner ads with no (user) tracking aint such a bad thing IMHO.

I wonder how this could be implemented at a technical level. How do you avoid gaming the system?

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xarope 1064 days ago
tongue in cheek, I don't remember any ads in gopher sites, back in the days.
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kibwen 1064 days ago
Don't you go threatening me with a good time.
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shmde 1064 days ago
This river which has turned into a giant gutter would not exist without the filth.
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nradov 1064 days ago
That would be awesome.
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