[HN Gopher] Show HN: Ad Network for Sideprojects
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       Show HN: Ad Network for Sideprojects
        
       Author : ezzato
       Score  : 80 points
       Date   : 2021-02-21 17:39 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (tinyads.io)
 (TXT) w3m dump (tinyads.io)
        
       | louisstow wrote:
       | Love the idea. Just signed up https://secalerts.co and added the
       | script to our homepage.
        
       | EamonnMR wrote:
       | The subtile tilting of the example ad is slightly dizzying.
        
         | Exuma wrote:
         | Wow... you're right. I saw your comment and is like "what's
         | this asshat complaining about now"
         | 
         | I went there and moved my eyes around the example ad and
         | immediately got vertigo and my stomach turned.
         | 
         | Possibly it's from the dots...?
        
           | EamonnMR wrote:
           | I think it's that it's just subtile enough that you question
           | if it's moving at all, and that disagreement between
           | expectation and observation creates a sense of unease.
        
           | redis_mlc wrote:
           | > "what's this asshat complaining about now"
           | 
           | Well, this is HN. "Being a pedant is our job."
        
         | Jake232 wrote:
         | +1, instantly felt unsettling in my stomach.
        
         | ezzato wrote:
         | Never noticed that while coding the frontend xD I will change
         | the animation to something else. Maybe a little bounce. Haha
        
         | fbelzile wrote:
         | Agreed. If you're going to start an ad business today, it
         | should feel the least amount "sleazy," gimmicky? as possible.
         | In case that was done on purpose to get more of your attention,
         | that is.
        
         | samtimalsina wrote:
         | I noticed something off about that ad too.
        
         | aaronbrethorst wrote:
         | I thought I was having a serious neurological issue for minute
         | there. Maybe don't make your product make prospective users
         | nauseous, eh?
        
       | broknbottle wrote:
       | Fan of Puff, puff, pass?
        
       | ezzato wrote:
       | Creator here. Tiny ads is my attempt to create a cross site ad
       | network for hackers and side projects.
       | 
       | It's more an experiment than a serious business venture. The idea
       | is simple. We place a little ad on each others page with a link
       | back to ones side project.
       | 
       | It privacy respecting (no user tracking) and will work in the
       | beginning by me judging which project to include into the ad
       | network.
       | 
       | I hope to create a positive sum game and give cool projects a new
       | platform.
       | 
       | (The ad will start showing on March 15th)
        
         | nrjames wrote:
         | I can't help but think of web rings on Geocities.
        
           | jb_s wrote:
           | Can we bring these back?
        
         | ruiramos wrote:
         | Getting a 404 after adding the script tag to my page, just to
         | confirm this is the expected behaviour for now?
        
           | ezzato wrote:
           | Yes, the ad endpoints are locked right now. Doors are opening
           | on March 15th. I wanted to give this a slow start to have a
           | credible amount of projects to show.
           | 
           | Only ads with the script tag will be included to the ad
           | network.
        
         | jb_s wrote:
         | I like this.
         | 
         | It reminds me of the old internet :-)
        
         | dpcan wrote:
         | I believe this is a typo on your home page:
         | 
         | "No specific version numbers or IP addresses are saves."
         | 
         | Should be "saved".
        
         | aaronbrethorst wrote:
         | Please stop making your sample ad wiggle.
        
         | repartix wrote:
         | > will work in the beginning by me judging which project to
         | include into the ad network.
         | 
         | A solution to this problem that doesn't take your time is to
         | ask projects to put down a deposit. Bad/spam projects don't get
         | the deposit back. https://repowcha.com solves this.
        
       | Exuma wrote:
       | What software do you use to store impressions
        
         | ezzato wrote:
         | I run postgresql in the backend. Right now most of the apps
         | logic is written directly as postgres functions.
         | 
         | After experimenting with datalog and mongo I settled with
         | postgres. It's flexible enough for most situations.
        
       | angryasian wrote:
       | back in the day we called these webrings. Still relevant but now
       | that most content is surfaced through recommendation algorithms,
       | and people are more adverse to ads its tougher. Still great idea.
       | Good luck
        
       | Rinum wrote:
       | Nice, super simple process! I've submitted an ad for my side
       | project, rowsandtables.com. Looking forward to seeing how it
       | goes.
        
         | ezzato wrote:
         | What a great project. Love the idea. This might be a new game
         | gerne. Developer Board Games or so. Haha
        
         | dekervin wrote:
         | Hey! I submitted my project with stories of "data hackers" (
         | https://datapeek.org/stories ) . Would you be open to an
         | interview? Your project is quite ingenous it would be a great
         | fit :)
        
       | ericholscher wrote:
       | Pretty cool idea! We did something similar when we launched ads
       | on Read the Docs, which we call Community Ads:
       | https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/advertising/ethical-ad...
       | 
       | Basically, we show ads for OSS projects & conferences in the ad
       | spot on a small percentage of our traffic. It's a nice way to
       | give back, and in the past we've shown ads for many Pycon's
       | around the world, the PSF's annual fundraiser, and a bunch more
       | worthwhile community projects.
       | 
       | The hardest thing has actually been finding projects that are
       | well targeted for our community, and getting design assets for
       | them. A lot of OSS & side projects don't have this stuff, and the
       | ones who do probably don't need much promotion.
        
         | ezzato wrote:
         | Love ethical ads! I guess finding OSS through an ad is not the
         | right way.
        
           | ericholscher wrote:
           | Thanks! We looked at adding similar concepts to our new
           | ethical ad network (https://www.ethicalads.io/) but it's
           | trickier when we aren't the publisher for all the sites.
           | Still something we're looking to add at some point.
        
       | corobo wrote:
       | Do the ads wobble like that live?
        
         | ezzato wrote:
         | No wobble, juggle, jumping in the live version. I'll remove the
         | animation now. haha
        
       | newrotik wrote:
       | Very nice idea - exactly what I was looking for!
       | 
       | I just uploaded my own side project (http://spot.gifts) but the
       | image I uploaded is showing as broken (was initially .svg). I
       | tried to upload a .png and delete my previous post but that
       | didn't work. Just thought I'd give you feedback. Keep going!
        
       | dekervin wrote:
       | I added my project but on the dashboard,I can't see the picture
       | and there is no edit button ?
        
       | devops000 wrote:
       | Have you considered accepting bitcoin?
        
         | ezzato wrote:
         | I did but couldn't find a simple solution to implement that.
         | The plan right now is to integrate flurly as a payment solution
         | in the future.
        
       | cointreau wrote:
       | I really like this idea, and I'm someone who _hates_
       | disrespectful ads. A small, non-animated tile--ideally
       | advertising something I'm interested in--sounds like something I
       | wouldn't mind seeing.
       | 
       | One thing: I really hope you don't plan on making these things
       | wiggle or anything. That's exactly the sort of obnoxiousness that
       | prompts me to block ads, and I think that would defeat your
       | stated goal of unobtrusiveness here.
        
         | ezzato wrote:
         | No I don't. The ads must be respectful and unobtrusive.
         | 
         | Edit: typo
        
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