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It might cost pennies for wealthy countries but might be a good chunk of money for poorer countries.
by ocean3 10y ago
It might cost pennies for wealthy countries but might be a good chunk of money for poorer countries.
- icebraining 10y agoIf your users are from poor countries, you'll also get pennies from ads. TAANSFL. If you have an actual community, it's more efficient to simply ask for donations.
- nacnud 10y agoTANSTAAFL
- zzzcpan 10y agoDonations don't work in poor countries. People from wealthy countries usually forget about the rest of the world, when they talk about things that annoy them.
- icebraining 10y agoIf you read my post history, I'm a constant dissident in the "let's ban all web ads" movement exactly because I think they act as a redistribution mechanism from wealthier societies to poorer ones. That said, if you're running a hobby site that only targets people from a poor country, the money has to come from them anyway, be it from ads or from donations. In that particular situation, why would ads bring more money than donations compared to sites targeting people from richer countries?
- ocean3 10y agoWhich would be useful to continue the site. I am from India nobody really pays for content. Donations would not work as well.
- franciscop 10y agoAnother totally fair point, love to get proven wrong (: I am from Spain where the minimum salary is around 700$ and has 40% of young people unemployment, however it's not poor compared to most other countries and the hosting cost is considered cheap. I don't know what could they do where the hosting cost is significative. Do ad networks scale prices depending on the country served? I think that's the ugly side of global capitalism as the answer is they shouldn't launch sites then. Maybe they could try to join several groups to share the expenses. Any other ideas (besides advertising)?