Anthony wrote:
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 6:59 PM, George Herbert george.herbert@gmail.comwrote:
But the community would rip itself apart and a large portion of those involved would leave, forking and never coming back.
I think there's a very good chance that you're right, but this strikes me as so incredibly irrational that I have trouble accepting that it's the only possible scenario.
You're entitled to your POV, but please don't make it sound as if those who don't share it are irrational.
The reason people hate ads is that they would make our content non-free. Instead of saying, "here's some stuff we give you altruistically, out of the goodness of our hearts, use it however you wish", we'd be saying, "here's some stuff you can have, but only if you look at this ad first." It doesn't matter how tasteful or unobtrusive or hideable an ad is; the very fact that it's there fundamentally changes the nature of the transaction.