[Foundation-l] Advertisement and service at the same time

[Ray Saintonge]

White Cat wrote:
> Jimmy Wales wrote:
>   
>> I don't know of anyone, even among those advocating for advertisements,
>> who advocates putting them in article space.
>>     
> Right. What I am saying is this is a potential hazard of advertisements.
> Even if they are randomly assigned to articles non-problematic adds may be a
> problem based on topic
Advertising is rooted in an underlying consumerist philosophy.  
Consumerism in turn needs mass production to be successful.

In a truly collaborationist model we all start as equals; there is no 
presumption that a body of knowledge cannot contain certain ideas on the 
grounds of triviality; there is no presumption that a templated 
technological solution will bring needed order to the universe; there is 
no presumption that a style guide represents the unique allowable form 
of expression.  All of these uniforming techniques are the bread and 
butter of consumerism.

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