[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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