It seems that LJ is making available to people with paid/permanent accounts the ability to put Google AdSense ads on your LJ, thereby earning you a little dosh, should you have a high enough hit count to your post.
It's - of course - sparked a huge debate over on the link where this was announced. My question to you is, are you for, or against this, and why?
I'm pretty meh on it - I see ads everywhere I go online, so I ain't bovvered. Plus, if it puts money in someone's pocket, what's that to me? But of course, my thoughts on the matter are just that, mine. So what are yours?
To sweeten the deal, allow me to link you to a funny (AND NOT WORK SAFE) video of a comedian/rapper, who just happens to be the VERY FIRST BOY I EVER DATED. He's quite handsome, still. Oh, my stupid lame LDS upbringing, preventing me from making out with him when I had a chance... Lol. (Hee, I can remember the outfit I wore on our first date, and everything: navy blue off the shoulder sweater with white piping, very naval-inspired, and a white pencil skirt and white espadrilles. He wore skater punk chic and I thought he was the hottest thing EVAH.)
Off topic, what did you think of House last night? Most likely will be spoilers in the comments.
It's - of course - sparked a huge debate over on the link where this was announced. My question to you is, are you for, or against this, and why?
I'm pretty meh on it - I see ads everywhere I go online, so I ain't bovvered. Plus, if it puts money in someone's pocket, what's that to me? But of course, my thoughts on the matter are just that, mine. So what are yours?
To sweeten the deal, allow me to link you to a funny (AND NOT WORK SAFE) video of a comedian/rapper, who just happens to be the VERY FIRST BOY I EVER DATED. He's quite handsome, still. Oh, my stupid lame LDS upbringing, preventing me from making out with him when I had a chance... Lol. (Hee, I can remember the outfit I wore on our first date, and everything: navy blue off the shoulder sweater with white piping, very naval-inspired, and a white pencil skirt and white espadrilles. He wore skater punk chic and I thought he was the hottest thing EVAH.)
Off topic, what did you think of House last night? Most likely will be spoilers in the comments.
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I agree with this. I also thought the sex scene was beautifully shot. I missed Wilson though, but then I always do.
Here's the way I look at it: There are a lot of people on my FList who are unemployed or need the cash because of expenses and/or pay cuts. I am not going to begrudge them the chance to grab a few pennies where they can (and really does come out to a few dollars and cents and not much more from what I understand).
I'm not going to do it, because hey, I gotta decent job at decent pay (even if I'm being squeezed so hard by unexpected bills that the buffalo on the nickle is taking a shit on the purple plains of majesty) so a few bucks one way or the other isn't going to matter. However, if I found myself on the unemployment line, you can bet your ass I'd be grabbing what ever revenue stream I could — including a potential one from my already paid-for LJ.
And right there with you, a little extra cash could come in handy for a lot of folks. Why begrudge them, exactly. Esp. if someone has a permanent account?
Haven't watched "House" yet, but I loved Andre Braugher on "Homicide," so I'm looking forward to seeing him and Hugh Laurie together.
I really enjoyed House - let me know what you think after you get to see it! I thought Andre Braugher was very effective - he's a solid actor.
He is still handsome and very funny. Your outfit sounds adorable. *pinches your cheeks* You were a good girl.
My biggest reaction was that they wised up and made it opt-in, as they have done a couple other times lately, so that's a huge *yay* on my part. I truly loathe ads, thank gods for Firefox popup blocker and such.
House pretty much rocked, though i do get tired of people saying he's miserable. He never seems miserable to me - he seems to be having a hell of a lot of fun pretty much all the time. I rather thought that his 'recovery' was a bit too quick but then, this is television.
*i admit to going back and forth, in the last half hour, between house and the season premiere of The Big Bang Theory, so....*
Yeah - making it an opt IN, and not an opt OUT was very smart on their part. FINALLY, huh?
I do think that House can be miserable, but I ALSO think that most of the time, he gets a sick pleasure in being who he is. And I thought the same, re: recovery time. But then I realized that I'd been watching a 2 hour episode and remembered that's like, seven months in TV time. Heee.
Oh, LJ users, never change.
Julia, thanks for the link, great way to start the day.
LJ ads: Well...at least somebody might be making money off the internet. \0/ I have to admit that YouTube ads bug the crap out of me, as they get worse and more invasive every damn week. As long as the ads on LJ don't pop out at you at the interesting moment, I'm good. Are your view numbers high enough to make this worth your while? Go for it, if so.
I think you can even change what kind of ads appear, too. Maybe not the content, but if it's an image, a text ad, or a banner. I've wondered how much I could make from it, I won't lie. I average several thousand hits a day here, which is mind boggling to me.
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Oh my gosh, I thought I looked SO CUTE. And we went to see Dirty Dancing, and I was SCANDALIZED. Also, I was awkward and weird, too, so... But we had a few more dates, so it couldn't have been that awful? Ha ha ha.
Your first boyfriend is cute! I have no speakers right now, so I can't hear what he's saying, but he looks like the beautiful love child of Joe Flanigan and Eric Bana. Nummy. *g*
I did not watch "House" last night! I watched "Heroes." Mine was awesome, I hope yours was, too. :-)
A friend couldn't get over the fact that Alvie was allowed to have a Puerto Rican flag over his bed, though. For a split second we thought Alvie was going to hang himself with it at the end. lol. Lin was taking questions on his facebook about the episode, and I think she actually asked him about it. He's in Spain, though, and he lost his connection before he could answer. lol.
And regarding ads, I don't have a paid account, so I live with them all the time. I don't really notice them any more.