Re: [GNU-linux-libre] now that adbard is gone :^( the ad problem is back

[Karl Goetz]

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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