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[–] dabork 0 points 13 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago (edited ago)
I mean, it depends on what you mean by "feel bad".
Should they worry over one malcontent? Not at all.
Should they take note of just how many people do leave because of the strong possibility that the number is greater than they think and getting bigger every day? If they like money, then yes.
Sites like this that usually just end up regurgitating content from other sources rely really heavily on ad views, which is why they're so assblasted about ad blockers. But what's even worse than people coming to your site and blocking your ads is people not coming to your site at all.
Websites have to tread a fine line if they have very little to offer because users are fickle and they can and will find your content somewhere else. Think how much backlash people like Forbes got for doing shit like this, and tiny little sites that aren't part of one of the most successful publications in the world think they can get away with it? That's a little bit funny to me.
You want ad money? Stop supporting companies that use obtrusive ads, it's really that simple.
Until then, you can keep your malware and your popups and your popunders and your epilepsy-inducing animations and your auto-playing unpausable videos with no mute button and your slideshows with slides on separate pages and all your other bullshit.
[–] nobslob 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
The internet will be a better place when these kinds of site die anyway.
[–] dabork 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Debatable. You could say that sites like Voat only regurgitate content since that's pretty much the whole purpose of the site, to share content from other sources.
But I know what you really meant, sites like copy-paste news "sources".
[–] paradox42 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago (edited ago)
I don't know I think sites like this screwed the pooch long ago when they abused ads and caused people to use ad block. Do you think my 75 year old grandma cares about ads? No, she doesn't, but I put ad block on her computer so I won't have to wipe her computer every month because of the malware and unsubscribe her from scams that she found by clicking on an ad that she thought was legit.
I think it's going to take some major practice changes before people will turn off ad block again, even for sites they like.
[–] redditor1255 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I tried to disable adblock for slashdot. One of the ads scripts would runaway and crash my browser every 10 minutes or so.
Like, really?
[–] marvinrabbit ago
Reasoned, well thought out, and articulated. I was only addressing the 'singular you' leaving and not coming back. And that probably aligns with their thinking on the subject.
But, I agree with all your major arguments. You point out that the 'singular you' can rapidly turn in to the 'plural you'. And that is death with the website has to say "Where did y'all go?"
I've talked to many people that seem to think they will somehow 'hurt' a site by not visiting them, even though they block the ads when they do visit. So I thought I was reacting to that kind of sentiment.
I can appreciate, however, that you are not in that camp and acknowledge our views probably line up pretty well.