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OB Ads?

Robin Hanson
Dec 1, 2009
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I have not accepted any compensation for anything I’ve done on this blog.  But folks keep offering to pay me to put their ads on this blog.  I wonder: am I being too prudish?  Presumably the more money I make blogging, the more I’ll blog.

So let me ask you all:  how many readers would think less of me or my writings if had a special Ads sidebar, but promised that ads would not influence what I blogged?  How selective should I be; am I implicitly “endorsing” the advertised products?  And how much should I charge?

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olimay
May 15

Now that you bring this up, I would actively encourage garish ads here on OB if we got unintended, humorous juxtapositions on a consistent enough basis.

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olimay
May 15

Robin, now that you've asked, I'd only really care if ads significantly hurt your page load time and browser stability. By this I mean: please, please use flash sparingly. Please.

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