tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post1337277206322945375..comments2023-11-07T04:53:01.453-08:00Comments on Dispatches from the United States of Mordor: Is our children learning?Gerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-47906263232037036552018-05-06T04:09:21.239-07:002018-05-06T04:09:21.239-07:00Just as "Hipparchus".Just as "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipparchus_(dialogue)" rel="nofollow">Hipparchus</a>".-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-52077545768641866242018-05-06T04:07:23.827-07:002018-05-06T04:07:23.827-07:00Thats the problem with you post '68 cultural c...Thats the problem with you post '68 cultural capitalists. You should never let your morality get between you, and a "sale".-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-72278463426581722012018-05-05T04:59:20.115-07:002018-05-05T04:59:20.115-07:00And I haven't seen (at least so far) any EduBi...And I haven't seen (at least so far) any EduBirdie ads on Google (although it owns UToob, of course).<br /><br />These UToob channels that are now complaining about loss of revenue should have thought longer and harder about getting into a fickle and ever fast changing advertising model. They should have known that if it sounds too good to be true... then it usually is.Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-19563605252941730282018-05-05T04:49:09.565-07:002018-05-05T04:49:09.565-07:00"The BBC can avoid these "advert excesse...<i>"The BBC can avoid these "advert excesses" because they get their primary funding directly from news consumers through taxes."</i><br /><br />Hmmm... I don't see our commercial channels (ITV, C4, C5 and their +1 variants) running ads for EduBirdie. In fact the whole Sky platform is free of these ads.Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-53349704392030788182018-05-04T07:54:07.351-07:002018-05-04T07:54:07.351-07:00The BBC can avoid these "advert excesses"...The BBC can avoid these "advert excesses" because they get their primary funding directly from news consumers through taxes.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-26638159976000294332018-05-04T07:51:52.239-07:002018-05-04T07:51:52.239-07:00...but you would probably give YouTube or Facebook......but you would probably give YouTube or Facebook a "pass" if they simply inserted the "blurb" that they had sold at pre-determined intervals (under the "high cost of free" principle).-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-33135307123020116442018-05-03T05:59:11.665-07:002018-05-03T05:59:11.665-07:00"This is what happens when YouTube demonitize...<i>"This is what happens when YouTube demonitizes the smaller channels, you end up with adverts pushed by the host."</i><br /><br />Sure but they don't get my sympathy vote for pushing cheating.Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-2624426823671962992018-05-02T12:13:31.712-07:002018-05-02T12:13:31.712-07:00...now, please drop a dime in my 'Patreon'......now, please drop a dime in my 'Patreon' cup. ;p-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-80168889447125794672018-05-02T11:04:35.107-07:002018-05-02T11:04:35.107-07:00Grub Street goes high-tech!Grub Street goes high-tech!-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-18891132771576553692018-05-02T11:03:29.936-07:002018-05-02T11:03:29.936-07:00Advertisers are pushing the internet towards a tv ...Advertisers are pushing the internet towards a tv channel model for content. This is the "high-cost" of "free".-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-56557244261681836372018-05-02T11:02:10.564-07:002018-05-02T11:02:10.564-07:00lol! This is what happens when YouTube demonitize...lol! This is what happens when YouTube demonitizes the smaller channels, you end up with adverts pushed by the host.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.com