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Originally Posted by SutterBrother
Correct. I generally try to avoid ads, and am happy to pay to do so. If there isn't a payment option to avoid them, I will generally use alternate means.
Ads are irritating and an invasion of privacy as they track you.
That said - I support this site, and understand it takes money to run it. I would happily provide money directly if the opportunity were to exist.
I would even suggest an annual NPR style fundraiser would (possibly?) outstrip whatever is brought in by the banners here. I could be way off base there, but would love the chance to see how it would do.
The membership of this site is generally old, and generally deeply invested in it. I know for me, it's basically the only social media that I use.
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Same, but for me it has as much to do with the non-intrusiveness of the site as it does the content. And there were already ads. I just don’t use sites that nickel and dime me, I’m not paying to avoid them. I’ll just avoid them.