Because ads on the site weren’t annoying enough
By William M. Hartnett on Aug 24, 2008 in featured, meta
Not content to annoy only the thousands of drive-by visitors who land on the juggernaut Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros lyrics post with my AdSense-fueled pursuit of the dirty dollar, I just added it to my feed, too. Now even my most loyal and long-suffering readers will be confronted by my shameless, if not terribly profitable, capitalistic tendencies. (Earnings to date total just $14.00.) Why all the recent money-grubbing? Just embracing the current newspaper fashion of charging readers more for much, much less, that’s all.
Now, I’m not saying whether I agree or disagree with Seth Godin’s recent contention that ads are the new online tip jar, but I will say this: I won’t be mad at cha if you feel like dropping a few ad clicks on me.
