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@tennoseremel That's the business model of ""free""

17 Feb 2022 at 10:46 | Open on mastodon.ml
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DELETED replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq Not really. At least not everywhere and you don't really *have to* datamine people to show ads, if you go with ads. Simply show ads which are relevant to the site/article in question.

17 Feb 2022 at 10:48 | Open on mstdn.io
Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to DELETED

@tennoseremel The less data you mine - the less money you get. The worse off you are as a service provider.

It's catch-22.

17 Feb 2022 at 10:50 | Open on mastodon.ml
DELETED replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq TBH, datamined ads rarely suggest anything useful. Can't speak for everyone here, though. In any case, you don't need to earn all the money that exists, but just enough to continue doing whatever you do.

17 Feb 2022 at 10:52 | Open on mstdn.io
Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to DELETED

@tennoseremel At this point usefulness of the ad to you as an individual user may not really be relevant.

And you rarely can "just" continue doing whatever you do, the prices grow, the complexity of what you do rises over time, even if you're just a news site, for example.

Also, the line between "user data mining ads" and "content relevant ads" blurs significantly if the content in your service is user-centric, doesn't it.

There's no easy answers here. There's no disco solution. It wouldn't be much of a problem if there were, would it.

@tennoseremel At this point usefulness of the ad to you as an individual user may not really be relevant.

And you rarely can "just" continue doing whatever you do, the prices grow, the complexity of what you do rises over time, even if you're just a news site, for example.

Also, the line between "user data mining ads" and "content relevant ads" blurs significantly if the content in your service is user-centric, doesn't it.

17 Feb 2022 at 11:00 | Open on mastodon.ml
Шуро replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌
@drq @tennoseremel
"the complexity of what you do rises over time"

Maybe it shouldn't :) It works for some other things. E.g. bread gets sold just as it is just fine. Same can work for news site.
17 Feb 2022 at 12:01 | Open on friends.deko.cloud
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