Clickbait and Traffic Laundering: How Ad Tech Is Destroying the Web
One aspect of web ads that nobody seems to mention, especially with click-bait articles, is that people click them. They work, and they work very well.<p>Within the insular world of tech people, it all seems so absurd that anyone would be interested in following these ads and click-bait articles, but the truth is people enjoy that sort of content. This is why gossip magazines sell like hot cakes.<p>I am not sure what the solution is. People like all sorts of things that are bad for them.