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I'm all for fewer ads, but I just don't see this happening. Surely all SO users with 100k rep use Adblock or userscripts that don't show the ads anyway. Less technical users who have 100k on a non-IT site might not, but since when has SE ever cared about those?
– Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
Commented Jan 8, 2016 at 1:55
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Are you talking specifically about SO? I never see external ads on the sites I'm active on, just the SE and community-promotion ads -- and I want to see those.
– Monica Cellio
Commented Jan 8, 2016 at 2:25
I don't see adds on SO either. I just tested with Adblock disabled and I still didn't see any. What are these adds you speak of?
– terdon
Commented Jan 8, 2016 at 10:16
@MonicaCellio My expectation is that as they move to the standard sidebar ad format they will increase their ad display. Right now when they don't have ads to show, they show internal ads, such as area51, community promotion, and jobs. When they have external advertising, the internal ads compete. My understanding is that the internal ads are not much more than placeholders, and will always lose out to paid advertising.
– Pollyanna
Commented Jan 8, 2016 at 12:57
In principle, sure, but is anybody trying to sell ads for Skeptics or Mi Yodeya or Seasoned Advice? I thought they weren't.
– Monica Cellio
Commented Jan 8, 2016 at 14:13
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Would this principle be the same but lower rep points for beta sites? (like how the moderation system works)
– Addison Crump
Commented Jan 8, 2016 at 21:19

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