Yeah that's what I was thinking.
They say:
With planes, boats, and women, rent instead of buy.
This falls into the plane category.
10 years ago, I'd have considered buying it to have around and play with - and to let other people play around with it.
If you're not doing anything better, you can visit my site and click an ad or two. I'm trying to see what happens if I keep it at a steady 1.5% click-through ratio and not one person has clicked an ad today. Fuckers... I get hundreds of unique visitors a day, and some days not one of them clicks a goddamned ad.
Do you click ads when you're reading articles?
At some sites, yes. I do so to support the site.
If I frequent the site on a regular basis, I'll often whitelist the site and let the site show ads. I'll then click when I see something interesting - though most of the time my eyes just glaze over and I don't even notice the ads. It's like a mental ad-block extension - except I do in fact notice some and click them.
I know what it's like to put tons of hours into a site with little reward. So, if I like the site (and use it often) it'll get whitelisted.
Hell, as a moderator of linux.org (a pretty prestigious position) I'm not supposed to see ads. However, I have them enabled and click 'em fairly consistently.
It's the right thing to do. Supporting sites is important to keep good content online.
I also regularly donate/buy swag from sites I frequent.
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