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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] now that adbard is gone :^( the ad problem is back
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Karl Goetz |
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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] now that adbard is gone :^( the ad problem is back |
Date: |
Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:16:57 +1100 |
On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:28:53 +0100
Jaromil <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> re all,
>
> from a recent exchange with Jason about ads appearing on
> dynebolic.org and dyne.org pages, here comes an issue that we both
> think is worth and important to debate here: ads, indeed.
Adverts suck :( I can see why they are a help though. If our hosting
came out of my/our pocket we'd have to do things very differently.
> long story short, three proposals:
>
> does someone has in mind to retry do something like AdBard?
The website doesn't give much information (and I found very little with
duckduckgo). Can someone give a quick explanation of why it failed?
> if not, should we try to share such a domain blacklist for our sites?
What would the blacklist contain? Sites which shouldn't be linked to by
the adverts?
> or can we try to lobby with Google to add a category to the ad
> program that says "proprietary software" just like they do already
> for nudity, gambling and other controversial categories?
tbh, proprietary software *isn't* controversial - free software is :P
> I'm not really a big fan of commercials, but well there is nothing
> else that looks like generating an income out of Internet popularity
> and attention right now, at least until we get Bitcoin to a better
> shape... :^)
You should have started mining sooner!
thanks,
kk
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