User blog comment:Tedgill/Making Ads Better: How We're Going to Do It/@comment-24088330-20170122110645

Greetings, Tedgill et al., as well as to my fellow fans! ^~^ It's always been my humble yet firm opinion that a few ads, sprinkled moderately and inobtrusively here and there never hurt anyone (even Adblock Plus allows for this!) On the contrary.

It is a plain fact that ads used in this manner help us, both directly (by directing our mind to something we might actually want or need: a new game or anime, a new career—a vacation x) and indirectly.

This latter aid is given us without our realizing it at most times, at least consciously, but it's very important for us fans as well as Wikia and fandom (and uncountable other sites that bring us valuable data in this information age–e.g., Wikipedia, WordPress.org, etc. Without advertising, even the cost of hosting the site likely would be unmanageable.

Furthermore, I personally find it illogical, ignorant and simply ludicrous how spoiled people act these days with their browsing and (social) networking. So obsessed with erasing the very existence of ads as taboo curses. More paranoid than a crackhead at a Police K-9 Convention about their precious "privacy". It's good to be careful with your personal data, but when people start scrutinizing every character in an EULA for hidden traps and intrigue before they even click a Like button, it's a little ridiculous.

So I, at least, really like the ideas I've read in your article, Tedgill! It makes me happy to realize you guys actually care enough to put such a great effort into our (the end-users') wishes and even go beyond what most other companies do by discussing the new changes with us. Thank you!