Gary Fitts
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Commented on A question about the future of the world wide web
In 1995 we tried a micropayment solution with cybergold.com. The idea was to head off the kind of ad-supported environment we now see by allowing two-way micropayments: advertisers would pay consumers for their attention directly, and consumers would turn around...
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guthrie commented on
A question about the future of the world wide web
Anyone else getting good at ignoring adverts? If you ask me what advert I saw 5 minutes ago or throughout the day, I couldn't remember. Some data sticks, especially if it happens to fit with something I'm after, e.g. "Hang on that's advertising fancy t-shirts, I was thinking about getting one of them", but most of the time they just don't get processed....
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Ryan commented on
A question about the future of the world wide web
So today I turn on my laptop, open up chrome and rather than a new tab menu there's a message from adblock. Seems like the creator has sold the company and the new owners have enlisted it in the "Acceptable Ads" scheme. Apparently adblock (and presumably similar programs) will be allowing some ads to filter through if the website belongs to this organisation. There's promises that there's an "impartial" group that will decide who gets in and what ads are shown...yeah it stinks. Luckily it can be turned off for now. Maybe this gives us a glimpse the future? A...
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Unholyguy commented on
A question about the future of the world wide web
Yeah noticed that, part of a recent bump to googles stock price. More evidence of consolidation http://news.investors.com/100215-773842-google-price-target-boost-ratings-upgrade-youtube-soars.htm?ven=yahoocp&src=aurlled&ven=yahoo...
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ezra abrams commented on
A question about the future of the world wide web
New Def of Chutzpah: after destroying print, websites complaining about ad blockers (cribbed from a letter to the editor, N Y Times print ed, Sat 3 Oct)...
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RDSouth commented on
A question about the future of the world wide web
I vaguely recall hearing a report on the radio about something like that actually being in effect. Didn't pay much attention because bidding to not see an ad sounded like more trouble than looking at an ad. Maybe there was some kind of way around that, where you pay a service to do your bidding....
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