I was particularly taken aback the explicit "please help me by generating fraudulent ad clicks" line:
You can show support by clicking the codesponsor.io ad below
I know ad fraud is a relatively victimless crime and arguably half the internet runs on it, but still, it makes me wonder about the author's moral standpoints. And that's even before I can find out what this project does. :-)
Nobody goes to the README for ads. The README is for a description of the project, and maybe some documentation. When I open the file, that's what I should see, not an ad for the paid version of the project and links to five different monetization services. I'm being advertised to and I have no idea what the project does yet! Granted, if I'm reading on GitHub, then I get a brief blurb at the very top of the screen - and even that's followed by another link to the paid version.
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The amount of ads on this GH project summary is completely unacceptable.
I was particularly taken aback the explicit "please help me by generating fraudulent ad clicks" line:
I know ad fraud is a relatively victimless crime and arguably half the internet runs on it, but still, it makes me wonder about the author's moral standpoints. And that's even before I can find out what this project does. :-)
Not sure if there were ads the other 11 times this was submitted as Show HN.
It's a nice little tool and I was planning to use it in production but does it really need a Show HN submission every 20 commits?
Surely this could be automated. If only HN had webhooks for new submissions...
Show HN: New version of Pandora Nexus released. (Build #163)
Why?
Nobody goes to the README for ads. The README is for a description of the project, and maybe some documentation. When I open the file, that's what I should see, not an ad for the paid version of the project and links to five different monetization services. I'm being advertised to and I have no idea what the project does yet! Granted, if I'm reading on GitHub, then I get a brief blurb at the very top of the screen - and even that's followed by another link to the paid version.