Ars Technica started this discussion. Of course they turned douchey and less than a week later went with the "whitelist sites you like" as if doing that is somehow morally just. Blocking ads only on sites you don't give two shits about is a good thing or something? Yes, yes, I'm pulling some red herrings and/or straw-manning here :P #discussion #adblock #advertising #web #douche #hypocrisy #elitism #double #standards #tech #ethics #pub

They spend their days sifting through reams of market research data. They conduct endless surveys and focus groups. They comb the streets, the schools, and the malls, hot on the trail of the "next big thing" that will snare the attention of their prey--a market segment worth an estimated $150 billion a year… Journeys into the world of the marketers of popular culture to teenagers. They are the merchants of cool: the creators and sellers of popular culture #manipulation #lemmings #consumerism #capitalism #advertising #interesting #badass #teens #pop #culture #PBS #documentary #rushkoff #pub

"wikipedia has trained us to believe anything followed by little blue numbers in brackets" #funny #wikis #wikipedia #xkcd #web_comics #misinformation #BS #advertising #manipulation #pub

#tech_companies #stock_market #advertising #revenue #google #Facebook #pub

FB giving $10 credit. #deals #advertising #PPC #pub

#trolls #calling_us_scammers #FSC #ecommerce #advertising #management #work #$kippt_bookmark_lists #pub

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How would he possibly know we are direct shipping from China? #trolls #FSC #ecommerce #advertising #management #work #$kippt_bookmark_lists #calling_us_out_with_bs #pub

Can't find anything. Said he is waiting for shipping info... #trolls #FSC #ecommerce #advertising #management #work #$kippt_bookmark_lists #calling_us_out #pub

Who the fuck are these people? He says he saw the paypal company Googled is a bunch of scam. Wtf is he talking about? #trolls #calling_us_scammers #FSC #ecommerce #advertising #management #work #$kippt_bookmark_lists #pub

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