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Cake day: July 10th, 2023

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  • Ad algorithms might be using more complicated analytic combinations than just “similar sites” as a qualifier. Maybe you’re a fan of a product or show (or combination thereof) that typically map to right-wing readers or likely converts.

    If they’re getting (just making this up) a 5% click-throughs rate with this targeting vs 2% with just similar-site matching, then they probably don’t care about a high rate of views by left-wing users.


  • Maybe? But I know what I’m getting with Sync. Donations to FOSS don’t guarantee anything.

    And really, once we start talking about donating to free software with the expectation of specific returns, we’re basically talking about paying for software. If a specific set of FOSS is only good when people pay for it, there’s a problem with the incentivization to work on that set of software.