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UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

Replacing ads with btc micropayments on Facebook is a silly. Why would they want a dampener on the engine that causes their Network effects?

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8/21/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

" Facebook has all these users, why don't they charge them?" ... why do you think they have all those users in the first place?

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8/21/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

I hate ads as much as the next internet citizen, but blindly replacing them with micropayments ignores the nuances of businesses models.

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8/21/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Think of Facebook as kind of a multiplayer game, you can't just arbitrarily apply micro payments if the game's not set up with that in mind.

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8/21/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Should Facebook be looking for alternatives over current ad model? Certainly! But this is more complex than "just apply micropayments".

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8/21/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

A revenue-sharing model is even more of a joke. Think ad block arms race is bad? ...Have you even heard about gold farming practices in wow?

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8/21/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Seriously though, if you can make money off of looking at ads... https://t.co/9QWTQUbvJ0

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8/21/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

I already know five services that would let me spin up automated ways of this. Can you imagine turking for ad views? https://t.co/lrxpIIdFKH

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8/21/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Superfish, but for hijacking memaw's web browser with a reskinned brave so that they can harvest btc.

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8/21/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Ransomware that requires you to set up a brave account and expects regular transactions to remote btc address. https://t.co/PuCSUk8fx0

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8/21/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Revenue sharing DRM that requires a camera to always be watching your face while browsing the web to verify you're looking at the ads.

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8/21/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Do you think captchas are obnoxious? Revenue sharing ads makes this scary future almost an inevitability: https://t.co/2SjGfVqmvB

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8/21/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Shake phone to insert charcoal into the grill. Head on apply directly to the forehead. Watch these ads for $0.10. Shoot the monkey and win.

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8/21/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

"not paying, you're the product": a gross simplification. Sometimes you just make them look good so they can sell snake oil on the side.

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1/4/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

2017 is going to be fun as more and more orgs try to get in on the ad revenue game:https://t.co/CXOEjzhYAv

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

How can we sneak more ads in your face?"provide users a valuable branded experience within the messenger apps"https://t.co/C9oa9LhRW0 https://t.co/YzOqr7vWyI

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1/4/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Twitch is great - create an audience and then distract them with ads just enough but not so they get annoyed. Nothttps://t.co/81EvUgM7X9

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 10 years ago

If I start seeing Geico ads on Twitch and Youtube, I'm going to start to seek out a new platform.@DiscoMelee's model looks promising.

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1/4/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Why did amazon buy Twitch anyway? They aren't selling merch/affiliate links thru it like I thought they were going to try.

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1/4/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

I don't eat at Applebee's anymore.https://t.co/ygIinlWA9u

UltimApe@ultimape• about 10 years ago

I went to applebees today, and they had a tablet flashing annoying ads at me to get me to pay for shitty games. Why?http://t.co/QzK9Q2EeWE

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1/4/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

I'm literally returning goods from Mountain Dew and their parent company.https://t.co/XWs50sdVmZ

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

2016 accomplishments: I've actually returned 3 bottles of mt dew that were bought for me & exchanged them for other drinks. #puppymonkeybaby

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1/4/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

I started blocking Google's ads & am investigating ways to do so on mobile. Had them white-listed before last month.https://t.co/3AMGYA3EcE

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Fuck. This. Ad.And all the other ones that Google is spreading like it.https://t.co/iRhhakkToq

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1/4/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

I might not buy a Lenovo for my next laptop (it is at the top of my list of options):https://t.co/CMvc7OGE7X

UltimApe@ultimape• over 10 years ago

So superfish is using a technology that lets them hijack SSL sessions to inject ads? Way to fail at trusted computing.

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1/4/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

My friend bought me a subscription to Spotify, otherwise I'd be going back to pirated mp3s to avoid music ads.https://t.co/kQ0bncx4U9

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

Re: @SpotifyBrands ads: I totally want a hiss of a bottle opening, dramatic drumline of a circus, gasping crowds, & a screeching eagle. :/

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1/4/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

I send unhealthy amount of time investigating network dynamics & deal flows that support cargo-cult ad rev industry.https://t.co/P58Pnkdcwb

UltimApe@ultimape• over 10 years ago

Become an expert in the system you want to destroy.In a perfect world, there would be no such thing as marketers. Just cool people sharing.

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1/4/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

What can you do, except figure out why? But this is one hell of a rabbit hole.https://t.co/fz7l3X2Aih

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

In a world where information networks dominate, and emotional contagion is driving popular rhetoric, what do you do?https://t.co/vbVvFlSJdq

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1/10/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Gram-Gram's compy386 used nefariously to run mining in the browser?There's a plugin to block that.https://t.co/ELnhuiutNZ (h/t @Gargron)

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9/18/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

I'm excited about about Apples new facekit!Those new interactive ads will literally have you smiling. /shttps://t.co/zkbCZFLkqg

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

Revenue sharing DRM that requires a camera to always be watching your face while browsing the web to verify you're looking at the ads.

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9/18/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

relevant patents on https://t.co/8X3YN8VXDTUS6292688US20030032890WO2011112319A3US20120143693US8246454US20150242679US20170140214 https://t.co/BdWqDTvFaa

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9/18/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

UCSD is doing interesting facial recognition studies on memory & cognition.Spun out a company bought by Apple:https://t.co/TVyCW2Zncf https://t.co/Xl1rdwpeYg

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9/18/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

"...track your attention, and it knows not only what you're paying attention to but if you're smiling or frowning."https://t.co/SEDyX6wzj0

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9/27/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

US7076441US20170124633US20140147018US 20150242707 A1US 9449221 B2US20100191124A1US8595257B1https://t.co/j0a0Z2IIOU

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10/30/2017