House Harkonnen will be pissed.
Readit Newsanonyx69 commented on In field tests, device harvests water from desert air news.mit.edu/2018/field-t... · Posted by u/evo_9
anonyx69 commented on An argument that companies should pay users for their data nytimes.com/2018/03/06/bu... · Posted by u/phront
They do pay users for their data in the form of whatever service or content they provide.
FUD much?
1. Ad scraping business. We scrap ads and expose the bad guys.
Let me tell you there are many bad guys injecting bad just because the ad exchanges do not care. Most of them do it because "no one would know". So, we just scrap ads and put them on display.
2. We sell a subscription to our service where we charge $200-400 month for access to this data. Many malware researchers, ad agencies, regulators are subscribed to our data set.
3. It's a private business, high 5 figure revenue. Scraping cost per customer is $10
I'm interested as a potential customer. Where can I get more information?
Sortable does header bidding.
What are your recommendations for other firms?
I believe they do header bidding for their own demand, but you can squeeze more revenue out of your traffic if you learn to manage your own headerbidding stack. Take a look at prebid.org and checkout the r/adops reddit. You might find some inspiration there.
A small amount of Google AdSense (<$100 monthly.) Sortable makes up the vast majority - https://sortable.com/ . Switching from only-AdSense to almost-entirely-Sortable is what made me able to afford to live off the site's revenue: my earnings doubled overnight.
I suggest you look into Header Bidding, you're leaving tons of cash on the table by going all in on just one demand partner.
anonyx69 commented on Ask HN: I'm writing a book about white-collar drug use, including tech sector · Posted by u/Eilene
Modafinil is a hot topic these days
anonyx69 commented on N.Y. landlord ordered to pay $6.7M for destroying graffiti washingtonpost.com/news/m... · Posted by u/shaki-dora
This is a scenario where the headline sounds outrageous, but then you read the details in the actual article and it actually makes sense.
Graffiti typically means "illegal", so that's why the headline sounds outrageous. 5 Pointz was more of a "graffiti museum", with substantial cultural significance. It was a nice piece of news to see for a change. I was heartbroken when they whitewashed that building.
anonyx69 commented on Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year recode.net/2018/2/12/1699... · Posted by u/rblion
Anybody know a worthwhile open source social network alternative?
Steemit is interesting.
anonyx69 commented on Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss? · Posted by u/cronjobma
I'm still traumatized from the time I would spend on rotten.com