Facebook Showing 10 Ads Per Page: Would You Pay for an Ad-Free Internet?

by thezilch Posted 2012/07/11 23:18:20

Related Topics: Facebook, Myspace, Ads

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Penny Arcade is running a Kickstarter campaign pledging to run their site without ads for a year. On the flip side, sites like Facebook are displaying more and more ads, hopefully not leading to their own demise like we saw with MySpace. Does it even matter to you? Or would you pay for an ad-free internet?

VENTUREBEAT.COM reports:Remember when Facebook only showed three ads on each page? And when the company moved to four in 2010? More recently, the company has been at six, and I'm currently seeing seven, but Facebook is now testing up to 10 ads per page ... and I'm thinking of some ancient history.

companymoved 2010 company facebook testing 10 ads thinking ancient history

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Chancy99: Plague Rat 2012/07/12 11:34:46

I would NOT pay.

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Happy to Zeruke 2012/07/12 15:42:52

which are very easy to close...

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Those particular obnoxious ads are designed like that because they know almost no one would pay attention otherwise.

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kotabear 2012/07/12 01:22:45

I would NOT pay.

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Judy M. 2012/07/12 01:20:58

I would NOT pay.

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Haley 2012/07/12 01:18:10

I would NOT pay.

I don't mind ads. Sometimes I even like them because they're sometimes selling what I want.
I think advertisers are being foolish to put ads on fb because i don't come to fb to buy things; I just want to socialize. Sometimes when I'm on Google tho I am looking for something to buy so the ads are more likely to be useful to me and I'm more likely to buy something from them.

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Cal 2012/07/12 01:17:44

I would NOT pay.

I get that for free already...

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lee 2012/07/12 01:06:43
retrograve 2012/07/12 01:05:11 (edited)

I would NOT pay.

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That's what free apps are for.

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charles_1 2012/07/12 01:01:06

I would NOT pay.

I block ads if they become obtrusive. If the site owner insists I just stop going there and block the whole site. Facebook is nothing special to me. They make money off me being there. They need me way more than I need them.

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Aqua Surf 2012/07/12 00:49:12

I would NOT pay.

We won't even pay for cable; everybody has got their hand out, wanting money!

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Kyle 2012/07/12 00:45:47

I would pay...

Possibly

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Blaze the Neko Vampire 2012/07/12 00:43:26

I would NOT pay.

Waste of my money

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Pixie·MzAwesome♠ƤĦĂĔŢ♠ 2012/07/12 00:41:45

I would NOT pay.

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you can get ad blocker for Chrome.

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TheBorg 2012/07/12 00:41:29 (edited)

I would NOT pay.

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stand for a free and open Internet.

http://www.savetheinternet.co...

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Nimitz 2012/07/12 00:41:02

I would NOT pay.

I don't mind tasteful ads. I don't even mind clicking on a few just to help out when I can. . .but don't hide your goodies behind a pay/ad wall or I'll be adding your site to my hosts file blocklist. I haven't been on the NYT or LA Times in well over five years.

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Mark In Irvine 2012/07/12 00:39:42

I would NOT pay.

i like the internet to be free and don't mind the ads ...

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Kirino 2012/07/12 00:37:50

I would NOT pay.

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You don't need to pay to get rid of adds.

Simple steps to getting rid of adds.

1. Download Firefox
2. Get Ad Block Plus
3. ??????
4. Profit

And you will never be bothered by ads again.

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realist 2012/07/12 00:28:20

I would pay...

Now I think about it seriously, sure I would. If its a reasonable cost, maybe $5 a month.

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Linkums 2012/07/12 00:26:20

I would NOT pay.

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I know AdBlock Plus is bad for business but... some websites' ads are just too annoying. Like Sodahead's. I disable AdBlock on most of the sites I use regularly though.

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WhereIsAmerica? ~PWCM~JLA 2012/07/12 00:26:18

I would NOT pay.

Only if it was for my own website (to keep ads off), not the entire internet.

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k fleming 2012/07/12 00:23:52

I would NOT pay.

Are you kidding me? You have a better chance of stopping viruses and closing all the porn sites than stopping adds!
I'll just keep updating my addblockers and call it good

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