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    So, what exactly is the new thing here? More sites being eligible for ads? Commented Nov 23, 2016 at 8:55
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    Yeah, it'd be helpful if you can be more specific about what you mean by 'display ad'. I take it is one of those 250×300px ones on the right-hand sidebar? Or will they also appear as banners intercalated between posts? (Not all of us are experts on advertising lingo ;-).) Commented Nov 23, 2016 at 11:02
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    That said: the tone and content of this sort of move, as well as the recent blog post, are very much noticed and appreciated. Keep it up :-)! Commented Nov 23, 2016 at 11:04
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    The first thing that is important to note is our client base consists entirely of companies that want to reach or hire programmers. Boring! Why not diversify a bit. One day, companies will stop shelling out crazy money to find programmers. Commented Nov 23, 2016 at 11:14
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    Ads in the sidebar would be fine IMO. Related, well-curated ads at least. Interleaved between answers? I can't think of a worse idea. That's demoting the importance of the content relative to advertising, and the content is what pulls users here in the first place. Commented Nov 23, 2016 at 12:03
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    While a good bunch of programmers hang around CrossValidated, I hope the ads don't revolve much around programming. The number of great analysts and data scientists around there is astonishing. Commented Nov 23, 2016 at 12:12
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    Will the content of the site be available if i use ADBlocker? Commented Nov 23, 2016 at 12:44
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    @Mladen Yes. Commented Nov 23, 2016 at 12:46
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    I don't have strongly held opinions about ad blockers, but I do have strongly held opinions about respecting user's preferences. I think many on our ad sales team shares the same sentiment, @MladenOršolić :) Commented Nov 23, 2016 at 12:59
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    @TimPost if that was true, then we would have an option to disable ads within site, and wouldnt have to be forced to use 3rd party solution for it. Commented Nov 23, 2016 at 13:01
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    @MladenOršolić high rep users already see less advertisements than low rep users. IMO it's fair enough to always show ads, even if minimal amount, otherwise the advertisers will pay much less. Stack Exchange is, after all, a business. Commented Nov 23, 2016 at 13:09
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    @Alex The term "display ad" is meant to distinguish these from job ads, the other kind of advertisement shown on Stack Overflow. Commented Nov 23, 2016 at 15:16
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    @Dilaton No ads on MathOverflow. We have a very specific agreement with the MathOverflow foundation which puts the idea of ads far out into the realm of impossibility. Speaking more to the academic sites as a whole, I struggle to see a day when our client base would be topically-diverse enough to warrant offering inventory on them. You need more than a few interested clients for a starting inventory and I just have a hard time envisioning that happening, at least in the next few years. Anything is possible, though. Commented Nov 24, 2016 at 5:44
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    you wrote so much about how your intentions are clean and beautiful that this made me recall that I doubt this. I doubt this because you harm the sites for page views by advertising close-worthy questions (example proof of the harm here, ignored request to change that here). Consider pretending less to be as white-knightey as you try to look here. Or, alternatively, making some effort into really being closer to the way you want us to believe you are Commented Nov 24, 2016 at 8:07
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    "a very strict criteria" --> "a very strict criterion" or "very strict criteria" Commented Nov 25, 2016 at 15:27

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