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Ask Slashdot: To AdBlock Or Not To AdBlock?
Is there an acceptable compromise to behavioral targeting? On the one hand, I don't want to be profiled by unscrupulous advertisers. On the other hand, I feel that the advertiser is the middleman between the things I care about (content) and the dollars that support those things. My compromise is to take a page out of BF Skinner's book, Walden Two, and view the situation as a sort of absurd behaviorist experiment. Basically, I Adblock everything, but whitelist the sites I support. Is this too much? Not enough? What should individuals do protect themselves, if anything at all?
(For the slow: the user is the bird or bee, the flower is the content provider, the nectar is the content, and the pollen is the advertisement.)
I dont get it. Which one is the car?
If you'll bare with me for one second
I'll keep my trousers on for now, if you don't mind.
What are you talking about? Modern advertising is nothing more sophisticated than [SMOKE!] the use of techniques that have existed for yes. The only difference [SMMOOOOKKKEE!] is that they're somewhat more refined and widespread now thanks to technology [ARE YOU SMOKING YET?]
Most people on Slashdot are fucking idiots.
Damn I need a smoke.
Yeah, but come on - do you want to watch dull stuff produced by stiff, government lackeys like the BBC or stuff like Toddlers and Tiaras that is brought you by the free market?
Why are you searching for expert sex changes?