[Foundation-l] No, even a couple of Google ads on each page would be a fatally bad idea

[Ziko van Dijk]

Actually, Wikipedia articles link to a lot of pages that have adverts.
So what. :-)
Kind regards
Ziko

2010/11/6 Arlen Beiler <arlenbee at gmail.com>:
> I don't think I could stand it if we picked up advertising. I hate the way
> wikia looks, and therefore have an aversion to contributing in any way to
> its progress. Can you imagine! We actually link to Wikia sites and give them
> traffic (though I guess that is better than filling up wikibooks and
> wikipedia with useless junk)! Wikia is like the no good jerk up the street.
> Imagine us turning to ads after all these years! I am sure it could be
> a revenue source for some, but we are different, we are better. We create
> the best family of websites in the world, let's not mar them with ads. You
> know, wikia should sell itself to the Wikimedia Foundation so that Wikimedia
> would get the money. Then too, I guess the board members need some way to
> make money. What actually might be a better idea, would be for wikia to pay
> the board, since it is a for profit company. Or am I missing the point
> entirely? I read what that Greg Kohs said about it, and while I agree that
> it did sound like a conflict of interest, I don't know how much of this is
> proper or not. Anyway, those are my useless ramblings, so bye.
>
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk at googlemail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > Adverts do not make content wrong, but create mistrust.
>> > Have a look what Lawrence Lessig tells about:
>> >
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHma3ZQRVoA
>>
>> After the first few minutes it turns into a long drawn out infomercial
>> supporting US "campaign finance reform".
>>
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