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That's actually better. I like to find options like subscribing to yearly plans, donations, or lifetime purchases for software that's a huge W for me. But I can't support all of them, so if there's a least harmful way to support them and it's ads, I'll do my part by disabling my ad blocker.
I'm making a list of websites I will support and disable my ad blocker for them. I think if ads are not intrusive, you can allow them. A bit of inconvenience is welcomed :) Imagine how the situation will be worse in the future if everyone uses ad blockers. Maybe the web will become something closer to pay to use. Ad blockers are making the web as messy as you don't want to see it by using them.
I think ad blockers create a feedback loop. Users get annoyed by intrusive ads, so they install ad blockers. This hits ad revenue for companies and website owners, who then respond by developing more aggressive advertising methods to bypass the blockers. These new tactics annoy even more users, driving them to adopt ad blockers as well. The cycle repeats.
For some reason, Cloudflare families (blocks malware and adult content) DNS blocks access to Stacker News. Why? Should it be reported for false positive?
I think change will start as everyone is realizing how overstimulated they are because of consuming such content. The book they could finish in days takes months, and they still can't remember a goddamn thing. There is a reason why we see an increase in ad blockers, annoyance blockers, filters and such stuff. Being high on dopamine for a long time literally is the worst experience.
Honestly, I've just built the fuck around and find out kind attitude and try to find my own answers maybe by reading articles, books, detailed searching on Youtube by filtering time, using a client to remove shorts completely. I'm not on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, etc. anymore.
Most users now watch short videos only, which is seriously impacting their attention span. I pity the creators who are putting all their genuine efforts into creating longer, detailed useful info but will not get the views etc. because someone has already dropped half baked info with high phonk sound reel or short about it.
It was gross. I was at my friend's party and since we were not at the legal age of drinking, I didn't expect that there would be alcohol at all. But to my surprise as no adult was at the house, these guys sneaked some alcohol in, and to impress girls they were taking shots after shots, showing off their tolerance. While i had drunk beer before but not tequila or any hard alcohol, I too maybe took like 5 to 6 small shots, and everything after that I remember is blurry. I puked, peed and pooped and embarrassed infront of everyone, after that like for months I didn't showed up to any party. The headache I got after hangover was so bad that I built sympathy for people who have migraines. Now I can legally drink but haven't tried because of my autoimmune disorder it's just not good for me.
I think in almost all developing Asian countries, the cost of living is quite low. China being the factory of the world, does it better.
What brought you to SN in the first place?
I was searching about secure bitcoin wallets as I made a resolution that I'll stack bitcoins starting this year, and I found some posts here about the same question. I got to know that this is the place I should join and learn.
What brings you back to SN?
If you still use X, Instagram, TikTok and crap, you'll see it kind of tires a person and exhausts them because of algorithm personalization, and you'll spend hours learning nothing. Here it's different it's not addictive and every hot posts are worth reading.
What causes you to make posts on SN?
I see it as my personal space here where I can post almost about anything and it's here forever, plus it's fun to read others opinions on topics that interest you.