EPTThere are some pages that i consume regularly, but i couldn't really be convinced to use the internet without adblock, so i am thinking of just giving those people the money they would have earned off of me otherwise.
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Simberto
Germany11948 Posts
There are some pages that i consume regularly, but i couldn't really be convinced to use the internet without adblock, so i am thinking of just giving those people the money they would have earned off of me otherwise. | ||
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Salazarz
Korea (South)2591 Posts
On June 29 2024 17:57 Simberto wrote: How much money does a website roughly make off of me if i enter it without an adblock? There are some pages that i consume regularly, but i couldn't really be convinced to use the internet without adblock, so i am thinking of just giving those people the money they would have earned off of me otherwise. It depends a bit. Very niche websites that attract a specific rather than generic audience that can be targeted with ads highly relevant to said audience can make significantly more $ per view/click than websites that bring in a wide mix of users; that said, views without clicks from a single user don't amount to much no matter what. Like, if you give a website a dollar per year that's going to be way more than they'd earn from you disabling your adblock assuming you never engage with any ads on their website beyond simply having them in your view. | ||
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Nebuchad
Switzerland12499 Posts
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Turbovolver
Australia2435 Posts
On January 24 2025 03:10 Nebuchad wrote: Can someone tell me exactly how Youtube works, lately like at least 50% of my comments are getting deleted, are there key words that trigger immediate deletion, is there like a list of rules that I have to abide by or something There are indeed key words that trigger getting sent into an approval queue where the poster of the video has to choose to show them. I don't know what they are, or actually if it's using a word or more some automated sentiment analysis thing, but yes comments viewed as inappropriate or hostile get automatically held. Youtubers can also set their own "trigger words". This was notable in particular because I saw a video that highlights how bots can doxx people by spamming random names/places on people's comments, then by checking which ones don't go through, obtaining a list of names/places that the YouTuber doesn't want to spread through their comments (i.e. probably their own).. | ||
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r00ty
Germany1083 Posts
I'm in the process of getting some of the pictures through my sister to do a reverse image search and i can get the cellphone number, he's getting scammed from to investigate. Anything else i could do? | ||
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Sent.
Poland9330 Posts
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Ludwigvan
Germany2371 Posts
On March 25 2025 00:06 r00ty wrote: How to convince someone he's in the process of falling for a love scam? My brother showed me pictures of his new girlfriend to be and it's obviously a scam. He started with "i know it's stupid, but...". Now he's already emotionally invested and doesn't believe me. No money requests i know of so far, but he's about to fly to Kenia over WhatsApp chats and heavily filtered/photoshopped pictures... I love him, but bless his heart. I'm in the process of getting some of the pictures through my sister to do a reverse image search and i can get the cellphone number, he's getting scammed from to investigate. Anything else i could do? my mother was scammed, but I could convince her that it was in fact a scam. scamming is serious and it happens to many people. It is great that you want to protect your brother. I think, Documenting everything is important. this link might be helpful: Do's and Don'ts to Help Someone who is Being Scammed There are information centers from the police that you might want to call and talk to them. Since I saw you are German: You might want to search for something like "Kriminalprävention" Talk to someone else like the "weiße Ring". weisser-ring.de I wish you and your brother the best. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17745 Posts
On March 25 2025 00:06 r00ty wrote: How to convince someone he's in the process of falling for a love scam? My brother showed me pictures of his new girlfriend to be and it's obviously a scam. He started with "i know it's stupid, but...". Now he's already emotionally invested and doesn't believe me. No money requests i know of so far, but he's about to fly to Kenia over WhatsApp chats and heavily filtered/photoshopped pictures... I love him, but bless his heart. I'm in the process of getting some of the pictures through my sister to do a reverse image search and i can get the cellphone number, he's getting scammed from to investigate. Anything else i could do? examine the forces contributing to his blind spot. dig into those with him. | ||
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r00ty
Germany1083 Posts
On March 25 2025 00:48 Ludwigvan wrote: my mother was scammed, but I could convince her that it was in fact a scam. scamming is serious and it happens to many people. It is great that you want to protect your brother. I think, Documenting everything is important. this link might be helpful: Do's and Don'ts to Help Someone who is Being Scammed There are information centers from the police that you might want to call and talk to them. Since I saw you are German: You might want to search for something like "Kriminalprävention" Talk to someone else like the "weiße Ring". weisser-ring.de I wish you and your brother the best. Thanks mate. This was helpful and a good reminder. My first approach could have been less blunt, I'll be more careful. It's just the disappointment because it's so obvious. | ||
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Uldridge
Belgium5201 Posts
Like we just go along our business. People put in orders for things, buyers and procurement tries to find the raw materials, r&d researches things People go into stores and just grab what they need, stores restock what is missing. No one cares anymore about debt because there's nothing to pay back. Fool proof! | ||
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9959 Posts
On May 10 2025 00:24 Uldridge wrote: What if we globally just stopped caring about money and stopped paying for things? Like we just go along our business. People put in orders for things, buyers and procurement tries to find the raw materials, r&d researches things People go into stores and just grab what they need, stores restock what is missing. No one cares anymore about debt because there's nothing to pay back. Fool proof! We'd need to prepare. Get all teachers to start teaching children that Jan 1, 2037 is the date when everyone will stop paying for stuff. Eventually everyone will just believe it then do it. | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22517 Posts
On May 10 2025 00:24 Uldridge wrote: It could work, if people were not people.What if we globally just stopped caring about money and stopped paying for things? Like we just go along our business. People put in orders for things, buyers and procurement tries to find the raw materials, r&d researches things People go into stores and just grab what they need, stores restock what is missing. No one cares anymore about debt because there's nothing to pay back. Fool proof! But that is the problem with basically any system. Humanity. | ||
KwarK
United States44238 Posts
On May 10 2025 01:23 Gorsameth wrote: It could work, if people were not people. But that is the problem with basically any system. Humanity. It doesn't solve the problem of optimal resource allocation. If there's a pretty lady with great feet who also has a fantastic brain then we have to decide whether her time is better used posting feet pics online or doing scientific research. It's a tough problem in a planned economy because you can't easily evaluate the benefits of both options. Whereas in our current economic system then we bid for her. | ||
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Yurie
12143 Posts
On May 10 2025 01:30 KwarK wrote: It doesn't solve the problem of optimal resource allocation. If there's a pretty lady with great feet who also has a fantastic brain then we have to decide whether her time is better used posting feet pics online or doing scientific research. It's a tough problem in a planned economy because you can't easily evaluate the benefits of both options. Whereas in our current economic system then we bid for her. I think capitalism would be a much better system if we actually curtailed the inputs into the system to a sustainable level. Basically cutting current production rates to something like 1/5 and people having to decide what actually matters. Do you want more than 3 new sets of clothes a year or a new vacuum cleaner? Even in universal income scenarios it would work decently well for deciding what to produce over a planned economy. | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18408 Posts
On May 10 2025 01:30 KwarK wrote: It doesn't solve the problem of optimal resource allocation. If there's a pretty lady with great feet who also has a fantastic brain then we have to decide whether her time is better used posting feet pics online or doing scientific research. It's a tough problem in a planned economy because you can't easily evaluate the benefits of both options. Whereas in our current economic system then we bid for her. Novel thought: you could just let her choose what to do with her life. | ||
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Yurie
12143 Posts
On May 10 2025 05:19 Acrofales wrote: Novel thought: you could just let her choose what to do with her life. Capitalism (with government restrictions) still does. One things offers 1000 the other 1500 fantasy units. The difference is up to the person to decide if they want to take. Or a third thing they aren't skilled at that would pay even less/more but make them happier. | ||
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Billyboy
2137 Posts
On May 10 2025 05:19 Acrofales wrote: Novel thought: you could just let her choose what to do with her life. Name one situation where a person was forced to take the highest bid? | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18408 Posts
On May 10 2025 10:01 Billyboy wrote: Name one situation where a person was forced to take the highest bid? 1. Kwark seems worried about optimal resource allocation. If you aren't, then a suboptimal situation where accepting the lower bid is legal is totally fine, but... 2. Why are you defending an obsolete system? I was mainly talking about the situation where we aren't using capitalism. There are other ways of incentivising good use of resources that don't use money or a central plan. | ||
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Zambrah
United States7393 Posts
On May 10 2025 10:01 Billyboy wrote: Name one situation where a person was forced to take the highest bid? I mean... plenty of people out there go to college not to follow their passions or interests, but to pursue higher paying jobs because in this capitalist society if you dont have enough money you can starve/die of severe illness/be homeless/etc. | ||
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Billyboy
2137 Posts
On May 10 2025 14:05 Acrofales wrote: 1. Kwark seems worried about optimal resource allocation. If you aren't, then a suboptimal situation where accepting the lower bid is legal is totally fine, but... 2. Why are you defending an obsolete system? I was mainly talking about the situation where we aren't using capitalism. There are other ways of incentivising good use of resources that don't use money or a central plan. 1. Kwark's example was about choice, you get your bids you make your choice. He didn't say optimal was highest price that was all you. Reality is you made a shitty one liner that made no sense if you took the time to read and think. Likely because your mad at him for something from somewhere else. 2. I didn't defend anything, another case of you making shit up because your mad about something else. On May 10 2025 14:48 Zambrah wrote: I mean... plenty of people out there go to college not to follow their passions or interests, but to pursue higher paying jobs because in this capitalist society if you dont have enough money you can starve/die of severe illness/be homeless/etc. There are lots of flaw, with lack of fairness around opportunity and corruption being near the top of the list of flaws. That being said real world communism has those same flaws plus a lot less choice, whether it is China, USSR, Venezuela, or where ever. So far it seems clear that the bigger factor in choice is democracy over authoritarianism rather than left vs right. For my money the proportional voting democratic socialists have managed the balance the best, not that there is not still lots of meat on the bone. | ||
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